Name Enrique Ojeda | Role Scholar | |
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J. Enrique Ojeda (born 1928) was a professor at Boston College for 30 years, is the author of several books about Latin American literature, and has been called "the world's leading authority" on Ecuadoran poet Jorge Carrera Andrade. Ojeda has also written extensively on Ecuadoran novelist Jorge Icaza.
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Ojeda grew up in Quito, Ecuador, where his father had a dental practice. He attended prep school at Quito's Colegio Loyola, a Jesuit institution, then earned a BA and an MA at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. Moving to the U.S., Ojeda earned an MA in French Literature at the University of Cincinnati in 1959. In 1966, Ojeda earned a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University.
Books
Ojeda edited, and wrote introductions for, the following books by Jorge Carrera Andrade:
Ojeda wrote a chapter called "Jorge Carrera Andrade" for Latin American Writers, Supplement I, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002
Ojeda wrote many journal articles, including, "Littérature de l' Équateur", "Les années Fastes: de 1920 a 1960", Nuit Blanche, Québec, Février 2004
Personal
Ojeda lives with his wife, Jo Ellen Haynes Ojeda, in Barrington, Rhode Island and Ponte Vedra, Florida.
photo of Enrique Ojeda