Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce (13 May 1927 – 25 December 2009) was an Argentine Hispanist.
Bautista Avalle-Arce was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a family with Galician and Basque roots. He was educated in St. Andrews, a Scottish boarding school. Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce met Amado Alonso upon returning to Argentina, and followed him to Harvard University, obtaining a doctorate in 1955. Though he sought to return to his parents' homeland, the Francoist government did not acknowledge doctorates earned abroad. As such, Bautista Avalle-Arce began teaching in the United States. Despite spending five decades in the United States, he never sought US citizenship.[1] Over the course of his career, Bautista Avalle-Arce taught at Smith College,[2] Ohio State University,[3] the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,[4] and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was Jose Miguel Barandiaran Professor of Basque Studies.[1] In 1960, Bautista Avalle-Arce was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.[5] After retiring in 2003, he moved to Eneriz. Bautista Avalle-Arce died on December 25, 2009, at the University Hospital of Navarre.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Hispanist Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Lope de Vega birthday feted". The Alcalde. 51 (7): 25. March 1963. ISSN 1535-993X.
- ^ "OSU Faculty, Staff, Alumni Biographical Files". Ohio State University. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "El Mentidero de Comediantes". Bulletin of the Comediantes. 27 (2): 147. Fall 1975. doi:10.1353/boc.1975.0022.
- ^ "Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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