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Emilio BejelDistinguished Professor of Spanish Email: ebejel@ucdavis.edu |
Research Areas
Spanish & Spanish American literature, literary theory, Lezama Lima, Carpentier, Borges, Sarduy, Arenas, ideology, poetics, gender transgressions, globalization.
Current Projects
His current research topic is the effects of globalization on certain aspects of Latin American culture.
Recent Publications
Bejel, a critic and writer, has published numerous books and articles on Spanish and Spanish American literature (especially Cuban) and Literary Theory. His scholarly publications deal with a variety of authors, including Lezama Lima, Carpentier, Borges, Sarduy, and Arenas; and issues, like ideology, poetics, gender transgressions, and globalization. He is the author, among others, of Literatura de Nuestra America, Jose Lezama Lima, Poet of the Image, and Gay Cuban Nation. Some of the titles of his poetry collections are Casas deshabitadas and El libro regalado. He is also the author of an autobiography entitled The Write Way Home. A Cuban-American Story.
Honors and Awards
"Entrevista con el escritor Emilio Bejel," by Professor Stephen Clark. Revista literaria Baquiana, January 2001.
"Emilio Bejel," by Professor Stephen Clark. La Habana Elegante, August, 2001.
Juror of the "1997 Casa de las Americas Literary Prize" (Havana, 1997).
"Tribute to Emilio Bejel" at York College (NYC, April 12, 1996). Tribute to my work as poet and literary critic.
Yale Visiting Fellowship (Summer, 1983) for the study of José Lezama Lima's work.
The National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowship The Lilly Foundation Scholarship Grant (1978) for the study of Linguistics and Literary Theory.
Iberoamerican Writers and Poets Guild First Prize (1975) for the essay "El lenguaje suicida."
Iberoamerican Writers and Poets Guild Honorary Mentions (1974 and 1975) for two poetry collections.
Fairfield University Research Grant (1973) for the study of representative Spanish American authors living in the United States.
The University of Miami Scholarship (1966 and 1967).
The Wilson Language Award (University of Miami, 1966 and 1977).
Invited Lectures
Universidad Nacional de Rosario Special Seminar on Semiotics (Rosario, Argentina, Fall 1987).
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña Special Seminar on Caribbean Literature (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1986).
Literary Boards
Member of the Editorial Board of the Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, a literary journal of the University of Delaware, 2001-present.
Member of the Editorial Board of Jitanjáfora, a literary and linguistic journal of Temple University. 2001-present.
Board Member of the Cuban Literary Studies Series (1991-1992).
Board Member of the literary journal Siglo XX/20th Century (1993-present).
Board Member of the literary journal Confluencia (1993-present).
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses:
Spanish 157 - 20th Century Masters in Spanish American Literature
Spanish 274 - Gender Transgressions in Latin American Culture
Spanish 100 - Principles of Hispanic Literature and Criticism
