Roberto González Echevarría (born 1943) is a Cuban-born critic of Latin American literature and culture. He is the Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at Yale University.
Roberto González Echevarría | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943 |
| Alma mater | Yale |
| Awards | Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Bryce Wood Book Award, Dave Moore Award, Premio Annual de la Crítica. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Literary criticism of Spanish |
| Institutions | Cornell, Yale |
| Thesis | |
Early life, education, and career
editGonzález Echevarría was born in Sagua La Grande in 1943;[1] his family moved to Havana when he was 13, and after the Cuban Revolution, his family emigrated to Tampa in the US, where relatives on his father's side had already moved.[2] His mother was a PhD and teacher of philosophy.[3]
González Echevarría received his bachelor's from the University of South Florida in 1964, his master's from Indiana University in 1966, and a second master's and doctorate from Yale in 1970.[4] After receiving his doctorate with a thesis titled 'Aproximación estructuralista a 'La vida es sueno,' ensayo de un método' , González Echevarría taught at Yale and then at Cornell (1971-1977).[5] Since 1977, he has taught at Yale, where he was awarded the first endowed chair in Spanish (R. Selden Rose) in 1985.[5] In 1991, he was named Bass Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, and in 1995, Sterling Professor, the highest-ranking university chair at Yale.[5]
Awards and honors
editHis Myth and Archive won the 1989–90 MLA's Katherine Singer Kovács Prize[6] and the Latin American Studies Association's 1992 Bryce Wood Book Award,[7] and The Pride of Havana received the Dave Moore Award for the Best Baseball Book of 2002.[7] His Lecturas y relecturas won the 2013 Premio Annual de la Crítica (Book Prize in Criticism) in Cuba.[8]
González Echevarría holds honorary doctorates from Colgate University (1987), the University of South Florida (2000),[4][better source needed] and Columbia University (2002).[9] An international symposium was held in his honor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo in 2002,[7] and an issue of Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana was published in his honor.[10] He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.[11] In March 2011, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal of 2010 by President Obama.[3][7]
Selected works
edit- González Echevarría, Roberto "Memorias del archivo: una vida." (2022).
- González Echevarría, Roberto "Mito y archivo. Una teoría de la narrativa latinoamericana." (2019).
- González Echevarría, Roberto. The voice of the masters: writing and authority in modern latin american literature. University of Texas Press, 2010.
- González Echevarría, Roberto. Myth and archive: a theory of Latin American narrative. Duke University Press, 1998.
- González Echevarría, Roberto. The pride of Havana: A history of Cuban baseball. Oxford University Press, USA, 1999.
- González Echevarría, Roberto. Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home. University of Texas Press, 1990.
- González Echevarría, Roberto. Love and the Law in Cervantes. Yale University Press, 2008.
References
edit- ^ Aníbal Alonso, Carlos (May 8, 2020). "Entrevista con Roberto González Echevarría" [Interview with Roberto González Echevarría]. Rialta (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ Santiago, Fabiola (November 9, 2004). "The intellectual sports buff". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. Tropical Life 3. Retrieved February 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Zax, David (May 2011). "White House honor for lit prof". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Roberto González Echevarría (faculty profile)". Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Yale University. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c Perkins, Barbara (2006). "USF honors alumnus Roberto González Echevarría with first humanities award" (PDF). University of South Florida. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ "Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize Winners". Modern Language Association. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Roberto González Echevarría | National Humanities Medal". National Endowment for the Humanities. 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Cartaya, Rolando (September 24, 2014). "Ensayista cubano premiado por Obama es publicado por primera vez en Cuba" [Cuban essayist awarded by Obama is published for the first time in Cuba]. Radio Televisión Martí (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ Sachare, Alex (May 22, 2002). "Globalization, Personal Responsibility Are Themes Of Class Day, Commencement". Columbia College Today. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ "33 | summer 2004 (table of contents)" (33). Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana. 2004. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Roberto González Echevarría". Member Directory. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
External links
edit- Faculty Profile page at Yale University