Ilan Stavans

A Critic's Journey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the leading voices in Latino literature writes about his life and work

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Regents of Univ of Mi, Scholarly Publishing Office
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9780472033829
• ISBN-10: 0472033824
• Artikelnr.: 26552166

Autorenporträt

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor at Amherst College. A native of Mexico, he received his doctorate in Latin American Literature from Columbia University. Stavans's books include The Hispanic Condition, On Borrowed Words, Spanglish, Dictionary Days, The Disappearance, Love & Language (with Verónica Albin), Resurrecting Hebrew, and Mr. Spic Goes to Washington, and he has edited books including The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories and the upcoming Norton Anthology of Latino Literature. His story "Morirse está en Hebreo" was made into the award-winning movie My Mexican Shivah. Stavans has received numerous awards, among them a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Jewish Book Award, an Emmy nomination, the Latino Book Award, Chile's Presidential Medal, the Rubén Darío Distinction, and the Cátedra Roberto Bolaño. His work has been translated into a dozen languages.