Josefina Ludmer

Josefina Ludmer (San Francisco, Córdoba – May 3, 1939; Buenos Aires, December 10, 2016) was an Argentinean professor, essayist, writer, and literary critic.[1] She was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires (1984–1991)[2] and later at Yale University (1988–2005), specializing in Latin American literature.[3]

Josefina Ludmer
Josefina Ludmer in 2014
Born	May 3, 1939 San Francisco (Córdoba)
Died	December 10, 2016 Buenos Aires
Nationality	Argentinean
Occupation	professor, essayist, writer, and literary critic
Known for	Books: El género gauchesco. Un tratado sobre la patria (1988), translated as The Gaucho Genre: A Treatise on the Motherland (2002); and El cuerpo del delito. Un manual (1999), translated as The Corpus Delicti: A Manual of Argentine Fictions (2004)
Parent(s)	Beile Nemirovsky Natalio Ludmer
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship, 1984; Konex Platinum Prize (Linguistic Theory and Literature), 2016; Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Buenos Aires, 2010.
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Rosario
Academic work
Discipline	Literary critic
Sub-discipline	Latin American literature
Institutions	Yale University, University of Buenos Aires

References

1. Clarín.com. "Ludmer y el legado de su imaginación crítica". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 10, 2020.
2. Factory, Troop Software. "Josefina Ludmer | Fundación Konex". www.fundacionkonex.org (in Spanish). Retrieved May 10, 2020.
3. "Josefina Ludmer | Faculty of Arts and Sciences". fas.yale.edu. Retrieved May 10, 2020.