Ana C. Cara is an Argentine

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, translator, and Professor of Hispanic Studies at

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. She graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts in 1972, from

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with a Master of Arts in Folklore and Folklife in 1974, and with a Doctor of Philosophy in Folklore and Folklife in 1983. She was visiting scholar at

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Awards

* 2007 Willis Barnstone Translation Prize

Works

*"The Poetics of Creole Talk: Toward an Aesthetic of Argentine Verbal Art", ''Journal of American Folklore'', Volume 116, Number 459, Winter 2003, pp. 36–56 *Baron, Robert, Cara, Ana, "Introduction: Creolization and Folklore", ''Journal of American Folklore'', 2003

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"Ana Cara"
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