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Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá (born in Asunción, Paraguay in 1917 – died on November 2007 at Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the age of 90) was a Paraguayan writer, essayist, poet, narrator and literature critic. Doctorate in Laws and Social Sciences by the National University of Asunción in 1943, and in philosophy and literature by the Wisconsin University in 1953. ==Career== He was a fine poet and an advanced critic. Maybe he was the most notable critic from Paraguay. He investigated a lot in the poetry and narrative from Paraguay, giving to know books that approaches us not just to the writer and his social context, but also instruct us, level us to the logic, because with his concise writing technique made possible the easy understanding of our literature. Master of Arts in Foreign Languages (University of Washington, 1949), he retired after almost 40 years of superior teaching in universities as the Columbia University, the Rutgers University, the University of Washington, the University of California, among others. During that period he resided in the US. He was the founder and first director of the Department of Hispanic Studies of the University of California, Riverside. Returned to Asunción in 1982 where he directed the Short Story Literary Workshop since 1983 and collaborating with many magazines and literary sections –both local and foreign– of the subject. He was chief writer of the "Commemorative Series" from the University of California, member of the editorial council of many important literary magazines. He directed the collection "Cuentos de Taller" (Stories from Workshop) from his Short Story Workshop, created in the Club Centenario, having 5 books published (1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992) plus one more in 1994. That workshop was very useful for many Paraguayan narrators who saw their stories published in numerous editions. He was included in bibliographic dictionaries like "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in Latin America", "The National Register of Prominent Americans", "Directory of American Scholars", among others. In Mexico he was director of the Studies Center of the University of California, between 1972 and 1974. He was president of the Paraguayan Academy of the Spanish Language from 1989 to 1994. With the poets Elvio Romero, Josefina Plá, Hérib Campos Cervera, Oscar Ferreiro and Augusto Roa Bastos, he was a part of the brilliant, unique and poetic generation of the '40's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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