Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor (born 1943 in Uruguay) is a Uruguayan academic and critic.Meeting with Jorge Ruffinelli

Biography

In his youth he was a disciple of

Ángel Rama Ángel A. Rama (; April 30, 1926November 27, 1983) was a Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic, known for his work on '' modernismo'' and for his theorization of the concept of " transculturation." Biography Born in Montevideo to Galic ...

and a contributor to the weekly '' Marcha''. Later he was professor of Latin American Literature at the Universidad Veracruzana and

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.Prof. Jorge Ruffinelli
/ref> He is considered an expert in Latin American cinema and has participated as a jury in several international festivals.

Works

*''La sonrisa de Gardel'' (Trilce, 2004)Gardel's smile
*''América Latina en 130 películas'' (Uqbar, 2010) *''Encyclopaedia of Latin American Cinema'' (work in progress)

References

1943 births Uruguayan film critics Uruguayan academics Uruguayan literary critics Stanford University faculty Living people Academic staff of Universidad Veracruzana {{Uruguay-academic-bio-stub