Antonio Cornejo Polar
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Antonio Cornejo-Polar was a Peru
vian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his theorization of the concept of "heterogeneity."
, became a professor there as well, then in 1966 he becomes Professor in National University of San Marcos
, Lima. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh
and UC Berkeley.
He authored 11 books, and was considered an authority on Latin-American literature and culture. He was also the founder and editor of the Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana, a journal which covered issues of culture and ideology in Latin-American literature.
Cornejo-Polar was married to Cristina Soto, who worked with him on the journal, and also managed "Latinoamericana Editores", a publishing company which covers Latin-American topics. They had four children Ursula, Alvaro, Gonzalo and Rafael and four grandsons Gonzalo, Juán Diego, Antonio and Natalia.
He died after a long illness on May 18, 1997, in Lima.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his theorization of the concept of "heterogeneity."
Biography
Cornejo Polar was born December 23, 1936 in Arequipa, Peru. He received a PhD from the National University of San Agustin in ArequipaArequipa
Arequipa is the capital city of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. With a population of 836,859 it is the second most populous city of the country...
, became a professor there as well, then in 1966 he becomes Professor in National University of San Marcos
National University of San Marcos
The National University of San Marcos is the most important and respected higher-education institution in Peru. Its main campus, the University City, is located in Lima...
, Lima. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
and UC Berkeley.
He authored 11 books, and was considered an authority on Latin-American literature and culture. He was also the founder and editor of the Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana, a journal which covered issues of culture and ideology in Latin-American literature.
Cornejo-Polar was married to Cristina Soto, who worked with him on the journal, and also managed "Latinoamericana Editores", a publishing company which covers Latin-American topics. They had four children Ursula, Alvaro, Gonzalo and Rafael and four grandsons Gonzalo, Juán Diego, Antonio and Natalia.
He died after a long illness on May 18, 1997, in Lima.
Works
- Discurso en loor de la poesía: estudio y edición. (Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. 1964)
- Los universos narrativos de José María Arguedas. (Buenos Aires: Losada. 1974)
- La novela peruana: siete estudios (Lima: Horizonte. 1977)
- Literatura y sociedad en el Perú: la novela indigenista. (Lima: Lasontay. 1980)
- La cultura nacional, problema y posibilidad. (Lima: Lluvia. 1981)
- Sobre literatura y crítica latinoamericanas. (Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela. 1982)
- Vigencia y universalidad de José María Arguedas. (Lima: Horizonte. 1984)
- La formación de la tradición literaria en el Perú. (Lima: CEP. 1989)
- The multiple voices of Latin American literature. (Berkeley: University of California. 1994)
- Escribir en el aire. Ensayo sobre la heterogeneidad socio-cultural en las literaturas andinas. (Lima: Editorial Horizonte. 1994)
- Mestizaje e hibridez : los riesgos de las metáforas. (La Paz: Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. 1997)
External links
- Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar, Lima
- homage to Cornejo Polar
- Antonio Cornejo Polar y los estudios latinoamericanos, book published by the University of Pittsburgh