Background
Benitez-Rojo, Antonio was born on March 14, 1931 in Havana, Cuba. Came to the United States, 1980. Son of Antonio E. Benitez and Nieves (Rojo) Del Collado.
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La Isla Que Se Repite: El Caribe Y La Perspectiva Posmoderna
(Propone un enfoque pluridisciplinario en que la historia,...)
Propone un enfoque pluridisciplinario en que la historia, la economia, la etnografia, la sociologia, la antropologia cultural que dinamizan la completa cultura del Caribe...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0910061378/?tag=2022091-20
The Magic Dog: And Other Stories
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0910061408/?tag=2022091-20
Antonio Benitez-Rojo
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Bachelor, College of Belen, Havana, 1950. Master of Arts in Economics, University Havana, 1955. Postgraduate, American University, 1957.
Master of Arts (honorary), Amherst College, 1987.
Career
National vice director theatre and dance, National Council Culture, Havana, 1965-1966;
director, Casa del Teatro, Havana, 1966-1967;
journalist, Cuba Internacional, Havana, 1967-1969;
advisor, Center for Cuban Cultural Studies, Havana, 1969-1970;
director, then researcher L.Am. Center for Literature Research,, Casa de las Americans, Havana, 1970-1975;
director public department, Casa de las Americans, Havana, 1975-1980;
director, Center for Caribbean Studies, Havana, 1979-1980;
visiting professor Romance languages, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1983;
associate professor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1983-1987;
professor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1987-1992;
Thomas B. Walton, Junior Memorial professor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, since 1992. Visiting National Endowment for Humanities professor of University Pittsburgh, 1980, visiting professor, 1981.
Visiting lecturer SuffolkU., 1982, University of California, Irvine, 1982. Visiting professor Yale University, 1986, Emory University, 1991, Harvard University, 1992, Brown U., 1994. Visiting scholar College of Spain, Salamanca, 1993.
Consultant editor New World Studies series University PressVa., since 1991.
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La Isla Que Se Repite: El Caribe Y La Perspectiva Posmoderna
(Propone un enfoque pluridisciplinario en que la historia,...)
- The Magic Dog: And Other Stories
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La Isla Que Se Repite: El Caribe Y La Perspectiva Posmoderna
Membership
Member Modern Language Association (Katherine Singer Kovacs prize for The Repeating Island 1993), Cuban-American Educators Association, Conference Latin American History, International Association Hispanists, Circuit Hispanoam.
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Married Hilda Otano, May 4, 1963. 1 child, Jorge Enrique.
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Nationality
Cuban
Education
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1950
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1955
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1957
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1987
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Recipient literature award for Tute de reyes Case de las Americans, 1967. Literature award for El escudo de hojas secas Union Cuban Writers and Artists, 1968, film award for Los sobrevivientes as best screenplay of year, 1979. Pushcart prize, 1985. Also others; United Nations grantee American University, 1956-1957. John Carter Brown fellow, 1987. Faculty research grantee Amherst College, 1988, 90, 92. Cintis fellow in literature Arts International, 1990-1991.Recipient literature award for Tute de reyes Case de las Americans, 1967. Literature award for El escudo de hojas secas Union Cuban Writers and Artists, 1968, film award for Los sobrevivientes as best screenplay of year, 1979. Pushcart prize, 1985.
Also others; United Nations grantee American University, 1956-1957. John Carter Brown fellow, 1987. Faculty research grantee Amherst College, 1988, 90, 92.
Cintis fellow in literature Arts International, 1990-1991.