Morrison Library Inaugural Address Lectures

The Multiple Voices of Latin American Literature

Antonio Cornejo-Polar

Introduction

Antonio Cornejo-Polar was born in Arequipa, Perú, in 1936 and received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa. He served as a professor there until 1966 when he went to the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, the oldest university in the New World, established in 1554. During his last years there, Professor Cornejo-Polar served as its Chancellor. He also taught at the University of Pittsburgh. Antonio Cornejo-Polar currently holds the Class of 1941 World War II Memorial Chair of Spanish-American Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Cornejo-Polar has published nine books and more than 50 articles as well as numerous collaborative publications and reviews. He founded and continues to edit the Revista de Critíca Literaria Latinoamericana.



Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese,
University of California, Berkeley


The Multiple Voices of Latin American Literature
[Spanish version]



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