The uncomfortable interlocutor. Waldo Frank and his link to the Latin American essay Cover Image

El interlocutor incómodo. Waldo Frank y su relación con el ensayo latinoamericano
The uncomfortable interlocutor. Waldo Frank and his link to the Latin American essay

Author(s): Victor Barrera Enderle
Contributor(s): Adolfo Rodríguez Posada (Editor), Ilinca Ilian Ţăranu (Editor), Gabriella Zombory (Editor)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: Waldo Frank-Latinamerican Essay-Interlocution-Latinamerican culture

Summary/Abstract: Waldo Frank (1889-1967) was, between the twenties and sixties, an interlocutor of Latin American intelligentsia. In this essay I want to describe his function as a counterpart to some of the great figures of Latin American intellectuals of the time: Alfonso Reyes, José Carlos Mariátegui, Victoria Ocampo, Pedro Henríquez Ureña, among others. Despite closeness (both cultural and intellectual), his condition as an American citizen, forced his relocation in the dialogue (to expand or to redefine the scopes of cultural policies that were designed and implemented in those days), and to rethink Latin American condition from other parameters.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 227-237
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Spanish