Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor (born 1943 in

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

) is a Uruguayan academic and critic.Meeting with Jorge Ruffinelli

Biography

In his youth he was a disciple of

Ángel Rama Ángel A. Rama (; April 30, 1926November 27, 1983) was a Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic, known for his work on ''modernismo'' and for his theorization of the concept of "transculturation." Biography Born in Montevideo to Galician ...

and a contributor to the weekly ''

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''. Later he was professor of

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at the

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and

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. He is considered an expert in

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and has participated as a jury in several international festivals.

Works

*''La sonrisa de Gardel'' (Trilce, 2004)Gardel's smile
*''América Latina en 130 películas'' (Uqbar, 2010) *''Encyclopaedia of Latin American Cinema'' (work in progress)

References

1943 births Uruguayan film critics Uruguayan academics Uruguayan literary critics Stanford University faculty Living people Academic staff of Universidad Veracruzana {{Uruguay-academic-bio-stub