Enrique Anderson-Imbert (February 12, 1910– December 6, 2000) was an

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, short-story writer and

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. Born in

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, the son of Jose Enrique Anderson and Honorina Imbert, Anderson-Imbert graduated from the

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with a Ph.D. in 1946. From 1940 until 1947 he taught at the University of Tucumán. In 1947, he joined the faculty of the

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. He was awarded a

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in 1954. He became the first Victor S. Thomas Professor of Hispanic Literature at

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in 1965. Anderson-Imbert remained at Harvard until his retirement in 1980. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1967. Anderson-Imbert is best known for his brief "microcuentos" in which he blends fantasy and magical realism. His story "Sala de espera" is taken from The Cheshire Cat, written in 1965; he is also the

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of the 1966

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entitled "Taboo." He also penned the short stories "El Leve Pedro", "El Fantasma", and "Vudu". With his wife, Margot (née Di Clerico), a librarian, Anderson-Imbert had a son and a daughter. He died on December 6, 2000, in Buenos Aires. In 2012, the North American Academy of the Spanish Language created the “Enrique Anderson Imbert Prize" to recognize the professional trajectory of those who have contributed with their studies, works, and literary works to the knowledge and dissemination of the Hispanic language and culture in the United States.

Bibliography

Essays

*''La flecha en el aire'' (1937) *''Ibsen y su tiempo'' (1946) *''Historia de la Literatura Hispanoamericana'' (1955), (one vol., many reprintings and amplified into two volumes.) *''Una aventura amorosa de Sarmiento'' (1969) *''Teoría de cuento'' (1978) *''La Crítica Literaria y sus Métodos'' (1979) *''El Realismo Mágico y Otros Ensayos'' (1979) *''Mentiras y Mentirosos en el Mundo de las Letras'' (1993) *''La Prosa'' (1984) *''Nuevos Estudios Sobre Letras Hispanas'' (1986) *''Reloj de arena'' (1995) *''Escritor, texto, lector'' (2001)

Narratives

*''Vigilia'' (1934) *''El Gato de Cheshire'' (1965) *''El Grimorio'' (1969) *''Victoria'' (1977) *''La Botella de Klein'' (1978) *''La Locura Juega al Ajedrez'' (1971) *''Los Primeros Cuentos del Mundo'' (1978) *''Anti-Story: an Anthology of Experimental Fiction'' (1971) *''La Sandía'' *''Consenso de dos'' (2001) *''Consenso de tres'' (2002)

References

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