Wednesday, February 28, 2018

How Did The Centennial Of Mexico's Greatest Writer Pass With No One In The US Noticing?

"Juan Rulfo (1917–1986), rightly revered in Mexico and outside, is regarded as one of the most influential Latin American writers of all time. ... One reason for the surprising neglect of Rulfo today may be that his reputation rested on a slender harvest of work, essentially on two books that appeared in the 1950s." Ariel Dorfman pays tribute to Rulfo - and explains why his work hasn't fared as well in the English-speaking world as it might have.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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