Antonio Cornejo Polar

Antonio Cornejo Polar
Antonio Cornejo Polar
Rector of San Marcos University
In office
19851987
Preceded by Gastón Pons Muzzo
Succeeded by Jorge Campos Rey de Castro
Personal details
Born December 23, 1936(1936-12-23)
Arequipa, Peru
Died May 11, 1997
Lima, Peru
Spouse(s) Cristina Soto
Residence Lima, Peru
Alma mater San Agustin University
Profession Professor
Religion Roman Catholic
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Antonio Cornejo-Polar (19361997) was a Peruvian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his theorization of the concept of "heterogeneity."

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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.

Works

  • Discurso en loor de la poesía: estudio y edición. (Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. 1964)
  • Los universos narrativos de José María Arguedas. (Buenos Aires: Losada. 1974)
  • La novela peruana: siete estudios (Lima: Horizonte. 1977)
  • Literatura y sociedad en el Perú: la novela indigenista. (Lima: Lasontay. 1980)
  • La cultura nacional, problema y posibilidad. (Lima: Lluvia. 1981)
  • Sobre literatura y crítica latinoamericanas. (Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela. 1982)
  • Vigencia y universalidad de José María Arguedas. (Lima: Horizonte. 1984)
  • La formación de la tradición literaria en el Perú. (Lima: CEP. 1989)
  • The multiple voices of Latin American literature. (Berkeley: University of California. 1994)
  • Escribir en el aire. Ensayo sobre la heterogeneidad socio-cultural en las literaturas andinas. (Lima: Editorial Horizonte. 1994)
  • Mestizaje e hibridez : los riesgos de las metáforas. (La Paz: Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. 1997)

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