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'''Roberto González Echevarría''' (born 28 November 1943, Sagua La Grande, Cuba) is a Cuban-born critic of [[Latin American literature]] and culture. He is the [[Sterling Professor]] of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at [[Yale University]].
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'''Roberto González Echevarría''' (born 1943) is a Cuban-born critic of [[Latin American literature]] and culture. He is the [[Sterling Professor]] of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at [[Yale University]].


== Early life ==
== Early life, education, and career==
González Echevarría was born in Sagua La Grande; his family moved to [[Havana]] when he was 13, and after the Cuban Revolution, his family emigrated to [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], where relatives on his father's side had already moved.<ref name="Miam041109">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94037726/the-intellectual-sports-buff/|date=November 9, 2004|page=Tropical Life 3|first=Fabiola|last=Santiago|title=The intellectual sports buff|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref><!-- Tue -->
González Echevarría was born in [[Sagua La Grande]] in 1943;<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Rialta|title=Entrevista con Roberto González Echevarría|lang=es|trans-title=Interview with Roberto González Echevarría|url=https://rialta.org/entrevista-con-roberto-gonzalez-echevarria/|date=May 8, 2020|last=Aníbal Alonso|first=Carlos|access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> his family moved to [[Havana]] when he was 13, and after the [[Cuban Revolution]], his family emigrated to [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] in the US, where relatives on his father's side had already moved.<ref name="Miam041109">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94037726/the-intellectual-sports-buff/|date=November 9, 2004|page=Tropical Life 3|first=Fabiola|last=Santiago|title=The intellectual sports buff|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref><!-- Tue --> His mother was a PhD and teacher of philosophy.{{r|alumnimag}}


González Echevarría received his bachelor's from the [[University of South Florida]] in 1964, his master's from [[Indiana University]] in 1966, and a second master's and doctorate from [[Yale]] in 1970.<ref name="facprofile">{{cite web|url=https://span-port.yale.edu/people/roberto-gonzalez-echevarria|title=Roberto González Echevarría (faculty profile) | publisher=Yale University|department=Department of Spanish and Portuguese|access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> After receiving his doctorate with a thesis titled '' 'Aproximación estructuralista a 'La vida es sueno,' ensayo de un método' '', González Echevarría taught at Yale and then at [[Cornell]] (1971-1977).<ref name="usfaward"/> Since 1977, he has taught at Yale, where he was awarded the first endowed chair in Spanish (R. Selden Rose) in 1985.<ref name="usfaward"/> In 1991, he was named Bass Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, and in 1995, Sterling Professor, the highest-ranking university chair at Yale.<ref name="usfaward">{{cite web|url=http://usfweb2.usf.edu/university-communications-and-marketing/news/usfnews/news-archives/2006-news/USF%20honors%20alumnus%20Roberto%20Gonz%E1lez%20Echevarr%EDa%20with%20first%20humanities%20award.pdf|date=2006|title=USF honors alumnus Roberto González Echevarría with first humanities award|publisher=University of South Florida|first=Barbara|last=Perkins|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
== Education and career ==
During González Echevarría's studies in Florida, he was a catcher for the [[Pensacola Blue Wahoos|Wahoos]], a minor league baseball team, an experience which left him with a crooked index finger. He received his bachelor's from the [[University of South Florida]] (1964), master's from [[Indiana University]] (1966), and doctorate from Yale (1970). He also holds honorary doctorates from [[Colgate University]] (1987), the [[University of South Florida]] (2000), and [[Columbia University]] (2002). In 1999 he was inducted into the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].
After receiving his doctorate, González Echevarría taught at Yale and then at [[Cornell]] (1971-1977), where he was one of the first editors of the journal ''[[Diacritics (journal)|Diacritics]]''. Since 1977 he has taught at Yale, where he was awarded the first endowed chair in Spanish (R. Selden Rose). In 1991, he was named Bass Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, and in 1995, Sterling Professor, the highest-ranking university chair at Yale.


==Awards and honors==
His ''Myth and Archive'' won the 1989-90 MLA's Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize and the Latin American Studies Association's 1992 Bryce Wood Book Award, and ''The Pride of Havana'' received the Dave Moore Award for the Best Baseball Book of 2002. His ''Love and the Law in Cervantes'' (2005) had its origin in his 2002 DeVane Lectures at Yale. His ''Lecturas y relecturas'' won the 2014 Premio Annual de la Crítica (Book Prize in Criticism) in Cuba.
His ''Myth and Archive'' won the 1989–90 MLA's [[Katherine Singer Kovács]] Prize<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mla.org/Resources/Career/MLA-Grants-and-Awards/Winners-of-MLA-Prizes/Annual-Prize-and-Award-Winners/Katherine-Singer-Kovacs-Prize-Winners|publisher=Modern Language Association|title= Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize Winners |access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> and the Latin American Studies Association's 1992 Bryce Wood Book Award,<ref name="nehcitation">{{cite web|url=https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/roberto-gonzález-echevarr%C3%AD|title= Roberto González Echevarría {{!}} National Humanities Medal |publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities|date=2010|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> and ''The Pride of Havana'' received the Dave Moore Award for the Best Baseball Book of 2002.<ref name="nehcitation"/> His ''Lecturas y relecturas'' won the 2013 Premio Annual de la Crítica (Book Prize in Criticism) in Cuba.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ensayista cubano premiado por Obama es publicado por primera vez en Cuba|lang=es|trans-title=Cuban essayist awarded by Obama is published for the first time in Cuba|work=Radio Televisión Martí|url=https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/a/cuba-cultura-beisbol-literatura-premio-critica/75669.html|access-date=February 3, 2022|date=September 24, 2014|last=Cartaya|first=Rolando}}</ref>


González Echevarría holds honorary doctorates from [[Colgate University]] (1987), the [[University of South Florida]] (2000),<ref name="facprofile"/>{{better source needed|date=February 2022}} and [[Columbia University]] (2002).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jul02/jul02_cover_grad.html|first=Alex|last=Sachare|work=Columbia College Today|title=Globalization, Personal Responsibility Are Themes Of Class Day, Commencement|date=May 22, 2002|access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> An international symposium was held in his honor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo in 2002,<ref name="nehcitation"/> and an issue of ''Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana'' was published in his honor.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.cubaencuentro.com/revista/revista-encuentro/archivo/33-verano-de-2004|publisher=Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana|title= 33 {{!}} summer 2004 (table of contents) |issue=33|date=2004|access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> He was elected a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/roberto-gonzalez-echevarria|title= Roberto González Echevarría|department=Member Directory|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> In March 2011, he was awarded the [[National Humanities Medal]] of 2010 by President [[Barack Obama|Obama]].<ref name="alumnimag">{{cite news|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3168-span-span-p-white-house-honor-for-lit-prof|work=Yale Alumni Magazine|date=May 2011|title=White House honor for lit prof|first=David|last=Zax|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="nehcitation"/>
An international symposium was held in his honor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo (2002) and an issue (no. 33, 2004) of ''Encuentro de la cultura cubana'' was published in his honor. He is a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. In March 2011, he was awarded the [[National Humanities Medal]] of 2010 by President [[Obama]]. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Social Science Research Council.


==Works==
==Selected works==
* González Echevarría, Roberto "Memorias del archivo: una vida." (2022).

* González Echevarría, Roberto "Mito y archivo. Una teoría de la narrativa latinoamericana." (2019).
* ''Cervantes's Don Quixote'' (Yale University Press, 2015)
* González Echevarría, Roberto. The voice of the masters: writing and authority in modern latin american literature. [[University of Texas Press]], 2010.
* ''Monstros e archivos'' (University of Minas Gerais, 2014)
* González Echevarría, Roberto. Myth and archive: a theory of Latin American narrative. [[Duke University Press]], 1998.
* ''Lecturas y relecturas. Estudios sobre literatura y cultura'' (Capiro, 2014)
* González Echevarría, Roberto. The pride of Havana: A history of [[Cuban baseball]]. [[Oxford University Press]], USA, 1999.
* ''Modern Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford, 2012)
* ''Cuban Fiestas'' (Yale University Press, 2010)
* González Echevarría, Roberto. [[Alejo Carpentier]]: The Pilgrim at Home. [[University of Texas Press]], 1990.
* ''Fuenteovejuna'' by [[Lope de Vega]]. Intro. Roberto González Echevarría. Trans. G. J. Racz(Yale University Press, 2010)
* González Echevarría, Roberto. Love and the Law in [[Cervantes]]. [[Yale University Press]], 2008.
* ''Celestina'' by [[Fernando de Rojas]]. Intro. Roberto González Echevarría. Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden (Yale University Press, 2009)
* ''Oye mi son: testimonios y ensayos sobre literatura hispanoamericana'' (Renacimiento, 2008)
* ''Cartas de Carpentier'' (Verbum, 2008)
* ''Love and the Law in Cervantes'' (Yale University Press, 2005). Spanish translation: ''Amor y ley en Cervantes'' (Gredos, 2008)
* ''Crítica práctica, práctica crítica'' (2002)
* ''The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball'' (1999)
* ''Celestina’s Brood: Continuities of the Baroque in Spanish and Latin American Literatures'' (1993). Spanish translation: ''La prole de Celestina: continuidades del barroco en las literaturas española e hispanoamericana'' (Colibrí, 1999)
* ''Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative'' (Duke, 1990; 1998)
* ''La ruta de Severo Sarduy'' (Ediciones del Norte, 1986)
* ''The Voice of the Masters: Writing and Authority in Modern Latin American Literature'' (1985)
* ''Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home'' (Cornell University Press, 1977; University of Texas Press, 1990)
* ''Relecturas: estudios de literatura cubana'' (Monte Avila, 1976)
* Editor, ''The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories'' (Oxford, 1997)
* Editor, ''Don Quixote: A Case Book'' (Oxford, 2005)
* Editor, ''Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana (Cambridge University)'' (Gredos, 2006)
* Co-editor, ''Cuba: un siglo de literatura (1902-2002)'' (2004)
* Co-editor, ''En un lugar de La Mancha: estudios cervantinos en honor de Manuel Durán'' (Almar, 1999)
* Co-editor, ''The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature'' (Cambridge, 1996)


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://span-port.yale.edu/people/roberto-gonzalez-echevarria Homepage] at Yale University.
* {{Official webpage|name=Faculty Profile page|url=http://span-port.yale.edu/people/roberto-gonzalez-echevarria Homepage}} at Yale University


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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Echevarría.
Roberto González Echevarría
Born1943
Sagua La Grande, Cuba
Alma materYale
AwardsKatherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Bryce Wood Book Award, Dave Moore Award, Premio Annual de la Crítica.
Scientific career
FieldsLiterary criticism of Spanish
InstitutionsCornell, Yale
Thesis

Roberto González Echevarría (born 1943) is a Cuban-born critic of Latin American literature and culture. He is the Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at Yale University.

Early life, education, and career[edit]

González Echevarría was born in Sagua La Grande in 1943;[1] his family moved to Havana when he was 13, and after the Cuban Revolution, his family emigrated to Tampa in the US, where relatives on his father's side had already moved.[2] His mother was a PhD and teacher of philosophy.[3]

González Echevarría received his bachelor's from the University of South Florida in 1964, his master's from Indiana University in 1966, and a second master's and doctorate from Yale in 1970.[4] After receiving his doctorate with a thesis titled 'Aproximación estructuralista a 'La vida es sueno,' ensayo de un método' , González Echevarría taught at Yale and then at Cornell (1971-1977).[5] Since 1977, he has taught at Yale, where he was awarded the first endowed chair in Spanish (R. Selden Rose) in 1985.[5] In 1991, he was named Bass Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, and in 1995, Sterling Professor, the highest-ranking university chair at Yale.[5]

Awards and honors[edit]

His Myth and Archive won the 1989–90 MLA's Katherine Singer Kovács Prize[6] and the Latin American Studies Association's 1992 Bryce Wood Book Award,[7] and The Pride of Havana received the Dave Moore Award for the Best Baseball Book of 2002.[7] His Lecturas y relecturas won the 2013 Premio Annual de la Crítica (Book Prize in Criticism) in Cuba.[8]

González Echevarría holds honorary doctorates from Colgate University (1987), the University of South Florida (2000),[4][better source needed] and Columbia University (2002).[9] An international symposium was held in his honor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo in 2002,[7] and an issue of Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana was published in his honor.[10] He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.[11] In March 2011, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal of 2010 by President Obama.[3][7]

Selected works[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aníbal Alonso, Carlos (May 8, 2020). "Entrevista con Roberto González Echevarría" [Interview with Roberto González Echevarría]. Rialta (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  2. ^ Santiago, Fabiola (November 9, 2004). "The intellectual sports buff". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. Tropical Life 3. Retrieved February 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Zax, David (May 2011). "White House honor for lit prof". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Roberto González Echevarría (faculty profile)". Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Yale University. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Perkins, Barbara (2006). "USF honors alumnus Roberto González Echevarría with first humanities award" (PDF). University of South Florida. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  6. ^ "Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize Winners". Modern Language Association. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "Roberto González Echevarría | National Humanities Medal". National Endowment for the Humanities. 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  8. ^ Cartaya, Rolando (September 24, 2014). "Ensayista cubano premiado por Obama es publicado por primera vez en Cuba" [Cuban essayist awarded by Obama is published for the first time in Cuba]. Radio Televisión Martí (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  9. ^ Sachare, Alex (May 22, 2002). "Globalization, Personal Responsibility Are Themes Of Class Day, Commencement". Columbia College Today. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  10. ^ "33 | summer 2004 (table of contents)" (33). Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana. 2004. Retrieved February 3, 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ "Roberto González Echevarría". Member Directory. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

External links[edit]

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