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Eduardo González Viaña (born November 13, 1941, in
Chepén Chepén is a city of La Libertad Region and capital of the Chepén Province, in Peru. The city is a rice production center with the valleys of Chepén and Jequetepeque, and has an active trading with neighboring Guadalupe, Pacasmayo and San Pedro ...
, La Libertad,
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) is a writer and professor of Spanish at
Western Oregon University Western Oregon University (WOU) is a public university in Monmouth, Oregon. It was originally established in 1856 by Disciples of Christ pioneers as Monmouth University. Subsequent names included Oregon State Normal School, Oregon College of E ...
. González Viaña earned a doctorate in Spanish language literature from the
National University of Trujillo The National University of Trujillo ( es, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo) (UNT) is a major public university located in Trujillo, Peru, capital of the department of La Libertad. The university was founded by Simón Bolívar and José Faustin ...
in Peru, where he also earned a law degree. He moved to the United States in 1990 to become a visiting professor at the
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
. In 1994, he joined the faculty at
Western Oregon University Western Oregon University (WOU) is a public university in Monmouth, Oregon. It was originally established in 1856 by Disciples of Christ pioneers as Monmouth University. Subsequent names included Oregon State Normal School, Oregon College of E ...
where he teaches Spanish language, literature and history. In 1999, González Viaña was awarded the
Juan Rulfo Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo ( ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and th ...
Award for best short stories for the short piece "Siete Noches en California." His novels include ''Sarita Colonia viene volando'' (1987), ''El tiempo del amor'' (1984), ''Los sueños de América'' (2001), ''Vallejo en los infiernos'' (2008), and ''El corrido de Dante ''(2008).


Publications

* ''American Dreams'', Arte Público Press, 2005. (English translation by Heather Moore Cantarero) * ''Dante's Ballad'', Arte Público Press, 2007. (English translation by Susan Giersbach Rascon) * ''El amor de Carmela me va a matar'', Axiara Editions, 2010.


See also

*
North Group The North Group was an intellectual community comprising various writers, artists, philosophers, politicians, and intellectuals from Northern Peru, especially from the La Libertad Region. It was founded in 1915 in the city of Trujillo. At first ...


References

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