Английская Википедия:Emir Rodríguez Monegal

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Emir Rodríguez Monegal (28 July 1921 – 14 November 1985), born in Uruguay, was a scholar, literary critic, and editor of Latin American literature. From 1969 to 1985, Rodríguez Monegal was professor of Latin American contemporary literature at Yale University. He is usually called by his second surname Emir R. Monegal or Monegal (or erroneously Emir Rodríguez-Monegal).

Described as "one of the most influential Latin American literary critics of the 20th century" by the Encyclopædia Britannica,[1] Monegal wrote key books about Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges, and the Britannica Macropædia notice of the later. He was a part in "The Boom" of 1960s Latin American literature as founder and 1966–1968 editor of his influential magazine Mundo Nuevo. Umberto Eco was quoted in saying that Jorge Luis Borges had read almost everything but no one knew that indiscernable totallity better than Emir.[2]

He is remembered as a member of the Generation of 45, a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement: Carlos Maggi, Manuel Flores Mora, Ángel Rama, Idea Vilariño, Carlos Real de Azúa, Carlos Martínez Moreno, Mario Arregui, Mauricio Muller, José Pedro Díaz, Amanda Berenguer, Tola Invernizzi, Mario Benedetti, Ida Vitale, Líber Falco, Juan Cunha, Juan Carlos Onetti, among others.[3]

Biography

Early career (1921–1965)

In 1921, Emir Rodríguez Monegal was born on 28 July in Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay.[4] He had the double-barrelled name Rodríguez Monegal (erroneously "Rodríguez-Monegal" in some texts) but was often referred to as R. Monegal or Monegal only, a Spanish naming custom when the first surname is extremely common.

From 1945 to 1957 (age 24 to 36), he edited the literary section of the Montevideo weekly Marcha.[4] He was one of the first to recognize early on the importance of Borges,[1][5] seeing him and his family frequently after 1945, and taking him for model to the point of pastiche.[5] Conversely, he got a cameo in a pseudo-autobiographical Borges short story:[6]

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In 1949 (age 28), he won a scholarship from the British Council for a year's study at the University of Cambridge; he went to study under F. R. Leavis and complete a project on Andrés Bello.[5] During 1949 to 1955 (age 28 to 34), he was also editor of Número, a Montevideo literary magazine.[4] In 1952, he became friend with Pablo Neruda, who would later lend him his intimate papers for Monegal's biography of Neruda.[5]

In 1956 (age 35), Monegal obtained the equivalent of a PhD at the Facultad de Humanidades (Faculty of Letters), Montevideo, for his research on Шаблон:Lang.[4]

Mundo Nuevo (1966–1968)

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In 1966 (age 45), Monegal directed the literary monthly Mundo Nuevo, published in Spanish in Paris. [7] Monegal directed it until July 1968, after the New York Times uncovered CIA connections with the Congress for Cultural Freedom, the Cold War mega-organization under which auspicies Mundo Nuevo was born. [8] Mundo Nuevo contributed to the 1960s publishing phenomenon dubbed "The Boom" in Latin American literature that led to many Latin American writers being published outside of their home countries and gaining critical recognition.[7][9]

Yale University (1969–1985)

In 1969 (age 48), Monegal was appointed professor of Latin American contemporary literature at Yale University.[4][10] From 1970 to 1973 (age 49 to 52), he was chairman of the Latin American Studies program and associate chairman of the Department of Romance Languages. From 1973 to 1976 (age 49 to 55), he was chairman of the Spanish and Portuguese Department.[4]

From 1969 to 1977 (age 48 to 56), he was a member of the editorial board of Revista Iberoamericana (University of Pittsburgh) and from 1972 to 1977 (age 51 to 56) he was consulting editor of Review, a tri-quarterly published by the Center for Inter-American Relations in New York.

Also, from 1975 to 1982 (age 54 to 61), he was a visiting lecturer in seven universities in Brazil, and a visiting professor at the University of Southern California and the University of Pittsburgh.[4]

In 1985 (aged 64), Monegal died on Thursday 14 November at Yale's infirmary in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was survived by his wife: Selma Calasans Rodrigues de Rodríguez; and three children: Georgina Rodríguez Nebot, Joaquín Rodríguez Nebot, and Alejandro Rodríguez Gerona.[10]

Legacy

  • His 1966 biography of his friend Pablo Neruda, who accepted to lend him his personal papers, remains a key book on the topic. Similarly, his 1970 study and 1978 biography of his friend Borges remain key books.
  • In June 1985, Monegal published an article exploring the "kinship" between Derrida's themes in "Plato's Pharmacy" and the work of Borges, from essays and tales Derrida had read such as "Pierre Menard" (1939) and "Tlön" (1940).[12] He wrote that "I had experienced [deconstruction] in Borges avant la lettre,[13] though also writing that "the intent here is not to produce another exercise of the 'Borges, presursor of Derrida' variety."[14]

Bibliography

The bulk of Monegal's works exists only in Spanish.[15] For untranslated texts, an English equivalent of the title is provided in parentheses.

Books

Articles

Selected among more than 330 articles and notices:[15]

Edited

See also

References

Primary sources consulted

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Endnotes

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External links

Official sites
  • Шаблон:In lang [1] – the Emir Rodríguez Monegal website (a few documents in English): biography, bibliography, interviews, article collection, etc.
Online works
About Monegal



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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 EB, tertiary sources.
  2. ↑ Behar, Lisa Block de, “La violencia del comienzo”, Prólogo, In: Monegal, Emir Rodríguez, Obra Selecta, Caracas, Biblioteca Ayacucho, p. XIII.
  3. ↑ Generación del 45: severa en la crítica y brillante en la creación. Шаблон:Webarchive
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 4,6 Monegal 1984, primary sources.
  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 González Echevarría 1974, primary sources.
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  7. ↑ 7,0 7,1 Mac Adam 1984, primary sources.
  8. ↑ Mudrovcic, María Eugenia 1997. Mundo Nuevo: Cultura y Guerra Fría en la década del 60. Rosario, Beatriz Viterbo.
  9. ↑ Mudrovcic, Maria Eugenia 1997. Mundo Nuevo: Cultura y Guerra Fria en la década del 60. Rosario, Beatriz Viterbo.
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 NYT 1985, tertiary sources.
  11. ↑ Monegal 1968, primary sources. Шаблон:Lang
  12. ↑ Monegam, Emir Rodríguez (1990). "Borges and Derrida: Apothecaries," trans. Paul Budofsky and Edna Aizenberg. In Borges and His Successors, ed. Edna Aizenberg: University of Missouri Press, 128–138. Originally published as "Шаблон:Lang," in Maldoror (Montevideo) 21 (1985): 123–32
  13. ↑ Rodríguez 1990, 128
  14. ↑ Rodríguez 1990, 130
  15. ↑ 15,0 15,1 ADP 2007, tertiary sources.
  16. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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