Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor (born 1943 in

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

Biography

In his youth he was a disciple of Ángel Rama and a contributor to the weekly ''

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''. Later he was professor of

Latin American Literature Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and the indigenous languages of the Americas. It rose to particular prominence globally during the ...

at the

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and Stanford University.Prof. Jorge Ruffinelli
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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