Roberto Castillo Sandoval

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Roberto Castillo Sandoval (born November 14, 1957, in Santiago, Chile)[1] is a Chilean author, translator and professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania. His degrees include a Ph.D. and A.M. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University (1992 and 1987, respectively), an M.A. in Latin American Literature from Vanderbilt University (1985) and a B.A. in Sociology from Kenyon College (1982).[2]

Roberto Castillo's most recent book of fiction, Muertes imaginarias (Laurel Editores, 2020) was named "Best of 2020 Fiction Book" by the Chilean Art Critics Circle.

In addition, he has published scholarly essays on Latin American colonial and contemporary literature, short fiction, poetry, travel chronicles, and literary and opinion columns for Chilean, Argentinean, American, and Spanish print and web media. His novel Muriendo por la dulce patria mía (Planeta, 1998; republished, with a new version and postscript by Laurel Editores, 2017) is a fictional account centered on Chilean heavyweight boxer Arturo Godoy.[3]

A collection of essays and chronicles, Antípodas. Ensayos y crónicas (Cuarto Propio, 2014) was one of three finalists for the Santiago Municipal Prize in the Essay category, 2015.

Among his translations from English into Spanish are Herman Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener and Nathaniel Hawthorne's Wakefield, published by Hueders in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

He maintains the blog Antípodas: Crónicas, ensayos y leseras, which hosts a selection of his essays, fiction, and translation work.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ^ Haverford College (2017). "Faculty: Roberto Castillo Sandoval". Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ OCLC WorldCat (2017). Muriendo por la dulce patria mía/Roberto Castillo Sandoval. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 39504619. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ Roberto Castillo Sandoval (2017). "Antípodas: Crónicas, ensayos y leseras". WordPress. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

Bibliography[]

  • Muertes imaginarias. Santiago, Chile: Laurel Editores, 2020. ISBN 9789569450587
  • Wakefield. Santiago, Chile: Hueders Editores, 2019. ISBN 9789563651218
  • Muriendo por la dulce patria mía. Santiago, Chile: Laurel Editores, 2017. ISBN 9789569450297
  • Bartleby, el escribano. Una historia de Wall Street. Santiago, Chile: Hueders Editores, 2017. ISBN 9789563650464
  • Antípodas. Ensayos y crónicas. Santiago: Chile, Cuarto Propio Editores, 2014. ISBN 9789562606660
  • (in Spanish) Muriendo por la dulce patria mía Santiago, Chile: Planeta, 1998. ISBN 956-247-195-0


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