Jose Vázquez Amaral

Background

Jose Vázquez Amaral was born on April 1, 1913 in Los Reyes, Jalisco, Mexico.

Education

In 1935 Jose attended Escuela Nacional de Preparatoria and received Bachelor of Philosophy and Bachelor of Letters. In 1941 he earned Degree in Law at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

Career

José Vázquez Amaral moved to the United States in the 1940s and devoted himself to teaching at different universities, such as Tulane University, Swarthmore College, Rutgers University, the University of New Mexico, and New York University. Rutgers was also in charge of the department of Spanish and Portuguese from 1947 until his retirement in 1982.

Jose devoted more than twenty years to compiling and translating into Spanish all the "Cantos de Ezra Pound", which he gathered in the work called "Cantares completos", published by Joaquín Mortiz in 1975, which is the only translation that exists of the whole of this work by Pound.

Achievements

• His book "Complete Songs" made him winner of Xavier Villaurrutia Award in 1975.

Works

• book

  • Mexico: Datos para Su Biografia (Ensayo sociologico) 1945
  • The contemporary Latin American narrative 1970

Membership

• secretary

  International Institute of Iberoamerican Literature

  1943

Connections

Jose was married to Mary Helen Madiraca, with whom he had five children: a son Pedro, and daughters Lydia Watson, Marta Alicia Lopez, Maria Elena, and Jacinta Rosa Amaral. They also had ten grandchildren.

Spouse:

Mary Helen Madiraca

Son:

Pedro Vázquez Amaral

Daughter:

Lydia Watson

Daughter:

Marta Alicia Lopez

Daughter:

Maria Elena

Daughter:

Jacinta Rosa Amaral