Dr Gustavo San Roman wins prestigious international prize
Friday 20 April 2012
Dr Gustavo San Román, Reader in Latin American Literature, has been announced as the winner of an International Essay Competition on José Enrique Rodó.
Dr San Román, already a renowned scholar in the subject, entered his essay “The Influence and Current Relevance of the work of José Enrique Rodó” under a pseudonym according to the rules of the competition.
The prestigious judging panel included Dr Romeo Pérez Antón, President of the Latin American Centre of Human Economics and President of the Rodó Society, Montevideo; Dr Belén Castro Morales, Professor of Spanish at the University of La Laguna, Spain, and the foremost editor of Rodó’s works; and Dr Javier Carciadiego, President of the College of Mexico, Mexico City. The Prize was sponsored by a number of Latin American and Spanish cultural institutions.
The judges described Dr San Román’s work as, “rich and bold in the ideas and information that it expounds.”
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