José Miguel Oviedo
José Miguel Oviedo (1934 – 19 December 2019)
Scholarly work
Oviedo was best known as a scholar of Peruvian and Latin American literature. His critical surveys covered writers such as Ricardo Palma, Mario Vargas Llosa, and José Martí. He also compiled various anthologies of Peruvian prose and poetry, Cuban short stories, 19th century Latin American short stories, etc. His lifelong friendship with Vargas Llosa led to her dedicating her work Who Killed Palomino Molero? to him in 1987.
His principal work was a two-volume history of Latin American literature: Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana. This work was published in four installments between 1995 and 2000; split into:
- De los orígenes a la Emancipación (1995)
- Del Romanticismo al Modernismo (1997)
- Postmodernismo, Vanguardia, Regionalismo ()
- De Borges al presente (2000).
He also published several short story collections: [2]
- Soledad & Compañía (1987)
- La vida maravillosa (1988)
- Cuaderno imaginario (1996).
Oviedo Prize
The University of Pennsylvania created the "José Miguel Oviedo Undergraduate Student Paper Award in Latin American and Latino Studies" in his honor.
Death
Oviedo died in Philadelphia, United States, aged 85.
References
- ^ "Fallece José Miguel Oviedo, investigador peruano de la obra de Vargas Llosa". www.efe.com.
- ^ "Biografia de José Miguel Oviedo". www.biografiasyvidas.com.
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