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Josefina Ludmer

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Josefina Ludmer
Josefina Ludmer in 2014
Born(1939-05-03)May 3, 1939
DiedDecember 10, 2016(2016-12-10) (aged 77)
NationalityArgentinian
Occupation(s)professor, essayist, writer, and literary critic
Known forBooks: El género gauchesco. Un tratado sobre la patria (1988), translated as The Gaucho Genre: A Treatise on the Motherland (2002); and El cuerpo del delito. Un manual (1999), translated as The Corpus Delicti: A Manual of Argentine Fictions (2004)
Parent(s)Beile Nemirovsky
Natalio Ludmer
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, 1984; Konex Platinum Prize (Linguistic Theory and Literature), 2016; Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Buenos Aires, 2010.
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Rosario
Academic work
DisciplineLiterary critic
Sub-disciplineLatin American literature
InstitutionsYale University, University of Buenos Aires

Josefina Ludmer (San Francisco, Córdoba – May 3, 1939; Buenos Aires, December 10, 2016) was an Argentinian professor, essayist, writer, and literary critic.[1] She was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires (1984–1991)[2] and later at Yale University (1988–2005), specializing in Latin American literature.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Clarín.com. "Ludmer y el legado de su imaginación crítica". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Factory, Troop Software. "Josefina Ludmer | Fundación Konex". www.fundacionkonex.org (in Spanish). Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Josefina Ludmer | Faculty of Arts and Sciences". fas.yale.edu. Retrieved May 10, 2020.