Antonio Cornejo Polar
Antonio Cornejo-Polar (December 23, 1936 – May 18, 1997) was a Peruvian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his theorization of the concept of "heterogeneity."
Antonio Cornejo Polar | |
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| Rector of San Marcos University | |
| In office 1985–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Gastón Pons Muzzo |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Campos Rey de Castro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1936 Arequipa, Peru |
| Died | May 18, 1997 (aged 60) Lima, Peru |
| Spouse(s) | Cristina Soto |
| Residence | Lima, Peru |
| Alma mater | San Agustin University |
| Profession | Professor |
| Website | http://celacp.org |
Biography
Cornejo Polar was born December 23, 1936, in Arequipa, Peru. He received a PhD from the National University of San Agustin in Arequipa, 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.
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)
References
- Kirkpatrick, Gwen; Masiello, Francine; Ramos, Julio, "Antonio Cornejo-Polar, Spanish and Portuguese: Berkeley", 1997, University of California: In Memoriam, pp. 43–45, retrieved 2007-05-02.
External links
- Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar, Lima
- Library of the 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
