Preceded by Gaston Pons Muzzo Name Antonio Polar Residence Lima, Peru Website [1] Spouse Cristina Soto | Religion Roman Catholic Died May 11, 1997, Lima, Peru Role Academic | |
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Born December 23, 1936Arequipa, Peru ( 1936-12-23 ) Alma mater National University of Saint Augustine Succeeded by Jorge Campos Rey de Castro | ||
Antonio cornejo polar
Antonio Cornejo-Polar (1936–1997) was a Peruvian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his theorization of the concept of "heterogeneity."
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- Antonio cornejo polar
- I Congreso Internacional Antonio Cornejo Polar frente a los estudios culturales
- Biography
- Works
- References
I Congreso Internacional Antonio Cornejo Polar frente a los estudios culturales.
Biography
Cornejo Polar was born December 23, 1936 in Arequipa, Peru. He received a PhD from the National University of San Agustin in Arequipa, became a professor there as well, then in 1966 he becomes Professor in National University of San Marcos, Lima. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh and UC Berkeley.
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.
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