Background
Edward Hood was born on April 10, 1954, in Burlington, North Carolina, United States.
Edward received a Ph.D. from the University of California in 1990.
Edward received a Master of Arts in Spanish from San Diego State University in 1984.
Edward received a Bachelor of Arts from Western Illinois University in 1977 and a Master of Arts in political science in 1980.
Edward received a Bachelor of Arts from Western Illinois University in 1977 and a Master of Arts in political science in 1980.
Edward received a Master of Arts in Spanish from San Diego State University in 1984.
Edward received a Ph.D. from the University of California in 1990.
(In this intriguing fictional work, a Nicaraguan writer pr...)
In this intriguing fictional work, a Nicaraguan writer prepares a novel about the Spanish conquest of her homeland, but from an unusual perspective: that of a woman...six women of the period emerge as a chorus to sing laments about the conquest, each woman representing different stakes in the confrontation between Old World and New. Their stories coalesce into a beautifully conceived, haunting depiction of a cruel time.
https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Terra-Firma-Secret-Weavers/dp/1877727628/?tag=2022091-20
1996
(It is Manlio Argueta's most popular novel in El Salvador....)
It is Manlio Argueta's most popular novel in El Salvador. It has gone through eight editions and has been newly revised by the author for this English translation. The story revolves around the relationship of two young lovers in a time of political upheaval Manlio Argueta's novels have earned him an international reputation and have endeared him to the Salvadoran people.
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Riding-Hood-Light-District/dp/1880684322/?tag=2022091-20
1998
(Face of the Earth, Heart of the Sky is a testimonial nove...)
Face of the Earth, Heart of the Sky is a testimonial novel of the Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s that movingly relates the victimization of the indigenous peoples by the National Army and the guerrillas. Weaving together voices from the political right and the left, the narrative does not offer solutions but exposes the ways in which the power elites on both sides use the masses to wage their wars.
https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Heart-Mario-Roberto-Morales/dp/0927534886/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(In The Bugler (El corneta, 1981), Honduran author Roberto...)
In The Bugler (El corneta, 1981), Honduran author Roberto Castillo narrates the adventures of Tivo, a poor, innocent boy from a Honduran village as he struggles against the difficult socioeconomic and political conditions in his country.
https://www.amazon.com/Bugler-El-Corneta-Roberto-Castillo/dp/0761816089/?tag=2022091-20
2000
educator journalist translator
Edward Hood was born on April 10, 1954, in Burlington, North Carolina, United States.
Edward received a Bachelor of Arts from Western Illinois University in 1977 and a Master of Arts in political science in 1980. He also earned a Master of Arts in Spanish from San Diego State University in 1984 and a Ph.D. from the University of California in 1990.
Edward Hood began his career as Assistant Professor of Spanish at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina, in 1989. He came to Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, on the same position in 1991. Hood became Associate Professor of Spanish in 1996. He also served as Head of Spanish section from 1995 to 1996.
Hood is a frequent contributor of articles, translations, interviews, and renews to scholarly journals, including Alba de America, Denver Quarterly, Hispamerica, South Eastern Latin Americanist, and Quaderni Ibero-Americani. He has been a member of the editorial board of Antipodas since 1995.
Edward Hood has also translated from Spanish into English several novels: Roberto Castillo's The Bugler; Mario Roberto Morales' Face of the Earth, Heart of the Sky; Manlio Argueta's Little Red Riding Hood in the Red Light District; and Rosario Aguilar's The Lost Chronicles of Terra Firma.
(In The Bugler (El corneta, 1981), Honduran author Roberto...)
2000(Face of the Earth, Heart of the Sky is a testimonial nove...)
2000(In this intriguing fictional work, a Nicaraguan writer pr...)
1996(It is Manlio Argueta's most popular novel in El Salvador....)
1998Hood is a member of Association of North American Colombianists, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, Instituto Literario y Cultural Hispánico, South Eastern Council on Latin American Studies, Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies.
