Cortés, Eladio 1931-

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Cortés, Eladio 1931-

PERSONAL:

Born January 5, 1931, in Cordoba, Spain; naturalized U.S. citizen; son of Eladio (a judge) and Evangelina Cortés. Ethnicity: "White." Education: University of Oviedo, J.D.; University of Santiago, M.B.A.; Rutgers University, Ph.D.

ADDRESSES:

Home—New Jersey.

CAREER:

University of Houston, Houston, TX, assistant professor of Spanish, 1959-61; Rutgers University, Camden Campus, Camden, NJ, professor of Spanish and department chair, 1961-2002, professor emeritus, 2002—. Business and language consultant.

WRITINGS:

El teatro de Villaespesa, Atlas (Madrid, Spain), 1971.

De literatura Hispanica, Ediciones Mexicanos Unidos (Mexico City, Mexico), 1989.

(Editor) Dictionary of Mexican Literature, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1992.

(Editor, with Mirta Barrea-Marlys, and contributor) Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2005.

Editor, Tramoya, 1976-2002.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Comparative Drama, September 22, 2003, review of Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater, p. 444.

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