Paz-Soldan, Jose Edmundo
Professorresearch
international geographic focus
- Latin America | trans-national region
- Spain | country
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Cornell in Rome | academic program office
- Romance Studies (ROM S) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Comparative Literature | graduate field
- Latin American Studies | minor graduate field
- Romance Studies | graduate program
other Cornell affiliations
- Cornell in Rome | academic program office
- Latino Studies Program | academic program office
teaching
teaches
- SPAN 3170 - Creative Writing Workshop (in Spanish) (MWF 11:15:AM-12:05:PM) | fall 2009 class
- SPAN 4190 - Special Topics in Hispanic Literature (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- SPAN 4290 - Honors Work in Hispanic Literature (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- SPAN 4630 - Modern Andean Literature (F 12:20:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
- SPAN 6390 - Special Topics in Hispanic Literature (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- LATA 2200 - Perspectives on Latin America (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | spring 2009 class
- LATA 2200 - Perspectives on Latin America (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | spring 2009 class
- SPAN 2200 - Perspectives on Latin America (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | spring 2009 class
- SPAN 2200 - Perspectives on Latin America (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | spring 2009 class
- SPAN 4200 - Special Topics in Hispanic Literature (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- SPAN 6400 - Special Topics in Hispanic Literature (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- SPAN 3170 - Creative Writing Workshop (in Spanish) (MWF 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | fall 2008 class
- SPAN 6910 - New Latin American Canon (W 02:30:PM-04:25:PM) | fall 2008 class
background
educational background
- Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, UC-Berkeley (1997)
- M.A. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, UC-Berkeley (1993)
- B.A. in Political Science, University of Alabama-Huntsville (1991)
awards and distinctions
- Winner of the Bolivian National Book Award (1992 and 2003), and the Juan Rulfo Short Story Award (1997)
featured in
- Paz-Soldán 'shocked' to discover he's a top-50 intellectual | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
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Books:
- Alcides Arguedas y la narrativa de la nación enferma. La Paz: Plural, 2003.
- (with Debra Castillo, eds), Latin American Literature and Mass Media. New York: Garland, 2000.
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Articles:
- “Mantra, de Rodrigo Fresán, y la novela de la multiplicidad de la informacion.” Chasqui, May 2003.
- "Vanguardia e imaginario cinemático: Vicente Huidobro y la novela-film." Revista Iberoamericana, LXVIII. 198 (Enero-Marzo 2002), 153-63.
- "Indigenismo, degeneración y deseo en Wuata Wuara de Alcides Arguedas." Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana, XXVIII.55 (Primer Semestre 2002), 113-32.
- "Escritura y cultura audiovisual en Por favor, rebobinar de Alberto Fuguet." Latin American Literary Review, XXX.59 (January-June 2002), 43-54.
- "The Indigenist Writer as a (Mis)translator of Cultures: The Case of Alcides Arguedas." Voiceovers: Latin American Literature and Translation. Eds. Daniel Balderston and Marcy Schwartz. SUNY Press, 2002.
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FICTION:
Books:
- The Matter of Desire. English translation of La materia del deseo. (Forthcoming, Houghton & Mifflin, 2004).
- El delirio de Turing. La Paz: Alfaguara, 2003. Madrid: Alfaguara, 2004
- La materia del deseo. Miami: Alfaguara, 2001. Madrid: Alfaguara, 2002.
- (with Alberto Fuguet, eds.), Se habla español: Voces latinas en USA. Miami: Alfaguara, 2000.
- Sueños digitales. La Paz: Alfaguara, 2000. Madrid: Alfaguara, 2001.(Greek translation: Athens, Digiali, forthcoming 2004).
- Amores imperfectos. La Paz: Alfaguara, 1998.
- Río Fugitivo. La Paz: Alfaguara, 1998. Danish translation: Copenhague: Lindhardt & Ringhof, 2001. Finnish translation: Helsinki: Gummerus, 2000.
Stories in anthologies:
- “Dochera” (English). A Whistler Through the Nightworld: Short Fiction from the Latin Americas. Ed. Thomas Colchie. New York: Plume, 2002.
- "El contrabandista." Líneas Aéreas. Ed. Eduardo Becerra. Madrid: Lengua de Trapo, 1999.
- "Amor, a la distancia." McOndo. Eds. Alberto Fuguet & Sergio Gómez. Barcelona/Santiago: Mondadori, 1996.