Eduardo González Viaña (born November 13, 1941, in

Chepén Chepén is a city of La Libertad Region and capital of the Chepén Province, in Peru. The city is a rice production center with the valleys of Chepén and Jequetepeque, and has an active trading with neighboring Guadalupe, Peru, Guadalupe, Pacasmay ...

, La Libertad,

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

) is a writer and professor of Spanish at

Western Oregon University Western Oregon University (WOU) is a public university in Monmouth, Oregon, United States. It was originally established in 1856 by Disciples of Christ pioneers as Monmouth University. Subsequent names included Oregon State Normal School, Oreg ...

. González Viaña earned a doctorate in Spanish language literature from the National University of Trujillo in Peru, where he also earned a law degree. He moved to the United States in 1990 to become a visiting professor at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

. In 1994, he joined the faculty at

where he teaches Spanish language, literature and history. In 1999, González Viaña was awarded the

Juan Rulfo Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and the ...

Award for best short stories for the short piece "Siete Noches en California." His novels include ''Sarita Colonia viene volando'' (1987), ''El tiempo del amor'' (1984), ''Los sueños de América'' (2001), ''Vallejo en los infiernos'' (2008), and ''El corrido de Dante ''(2008).

Publications

* ''American Dreams'', Arte Público Press, 2005. (English translation by Heather Moore Cantarero) * ''Dante's Ballad'', Arte Público Press, 2007. (English translation by Susan Giersbach Rascon) * ''El amor de Carmela me va a matar'', Axiara Editions, 2010.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez Viana, Eduardo 1941 births Peruvian novelists National University of Trujillo alumni Western Oregon University faculty Living people North Group (Trujillo) Peruvian male novelists People from Chepén province

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