Background
Valbuena-Briones, Angel Julian was born on January 11, 1928 in Madrid. Naturalized, 1963. Son of Angel Valbuena-Prat and Francisca Briones.
Valbuena-Briones, Angel Julian was born on January 11, 1928 in Madrid. Naturalized, 1963. Son of Angel Valbuena-Prat and Francisca Briones.
Licenciado summa cum laude, Murcia University, Spain, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy with honors, Madrid University, 1952.
Professor Ayudante Murcia University, 1949-1951. Lecturer Oxford (England) University, 1953-1955. Professor Ayudante Madrid University, 1955-1956.
Visiting lecturer University Wisconsin, 1956-1958. Assistant professor Yale University, 1958-1960. Elias Ahuja professor Spanish literature University Delaware, 1960-2000, Elias Ahuja professor emeritus, since 1999.
Lecture tour, South America, 1957. Visiting professor New York University, 1960, 61, University Madrid, 1970-1971, 1965, 77, University Mexico at Aragon, 1979, Institute Caro y Cuervo, Bogota, Colombia, 1980. Member Fulbright-Hays national screening committee, 1981-1983, 89-90.
Member editorial committee for Civil Defense-ROM edition Spanish Golden Age Theatre, Chadwyck-Healey/Spain, 1995-1998. Board directors publications University Barcelona, Spain, Bulletin Comediantes, University California, Riverside, Hispanic Journal, Pennsylvania, Juan de la Cuesta Editions, Delaware. Professional consultant National Endowment of the Humanities.
Founder, president Valbuena Institute Spanish Literature, Inc., 1986-1999. Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese, Institute Iberoam. Literature, International Federation Modern Languages and Lits., Association Literature Scholars and Critics, International Association Hispanists, American Comparative Literature Association, Association for Hispanic Classic Theatre, Old Bohemia History Society, Sigma Delta Pi (honorary, Order of Don Quijote, 1999), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Barbara Northrup Hobart, November 9, 1957. Children: Teresa, Vivian.