Juan Rulfo

The Golden Cockerel & Other Writings

Übersetzer: Weatherford, Douglas J

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work presents Juan Rulfo's cinematic second novel in English for the first time ever alongside several stories never before translated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Deep Vellum Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 135mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781941920589
• ISBN-10: 1941920586
• Artikelnr.: 46008199

Autorenporträt

Juan Rulfo (1917-1986) was one of Mexico's premier authors of the twentieth century and an important precursor of "magical realism" in Latin American writing. Rulfo received Mexico s National Prize for Literature (Premio Nacional de Literatura) in 1970, was elected to the Mexican Academy of Language (Academia Mexicana de la Lengua) in 1980, and received the Cervantes Prize (Premio Cervantes), the highest literary award in Spanish, in 1985. Rulfo suffered from lung cancer in his final months and died on January 7, 1986 at his home in Mexico City. Douglas J. Weatherford graduated from BYU in 1988 (B.A. Spanish), served in the Persian Gulf War as a linguist, & after returning received his PhD in Latin American Literature at Penn State University. He has been a professor at BYU since 1995 & currently serves as Head of the Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Literatures Section."