Antonio Cornejo Polar (December 23, 1936 – May 18, 1997) was a

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vian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his theorization of the concept of "

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Biography

Cornejo Polar was born December 23, 1936, in

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. He received a PhD from the National University of San Agustin in

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, became a professor there as well, then in 1966 he becomes Professor in

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, Lima. He was also a visiting professor at the

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and

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. 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

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External links

Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar
Lima
Library of the Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar
Lima

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