Eduardo González Viaña

Eduardo González Viaña (born November 13, 1941 in Chepén, La Libertad, Peru) is a writer and professor of Spanish at Western Oregon University.

González Viaña earned a doctorate in Spanish language literature from the National University of Trujillo in Peru, where he also earned a law degree.[1][2] He moved to the United States in 1990 to become a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1994, he joined the faculty at Western Oregon University where he teaches Spanish language, literature and history.[2]

In 1999, González Viaña was awarded the Juan Rulfo Award for best short stories for the short piece "Siete Noches en California."[3] His novels include Sarita Colonia viene volando (1987), El tiempo del amor (1984), Los sueños de América (2001), Vallejo en los infiernos (2008), and El corrido de Dante (2008).[3]

Publications

References

  1. ^ "González Viaña recorre España con Vallejo" (in Spanish). La República. October 5, 2008. http://www.larepublica.pe/archive/all/fama/20081005/1/node/166448/todos/1547. Retrieved February 18, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "WOU Spanish Professor and Author Receives Literary Award in Egypt" (Press release). Western Oregon University. June 6, 2002. http://www.wou.edu/las/humanities/spanish/eduardo.htm. Retrieved February 18, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b Gonzáles Vigil, Ricardo (June 14, 2007). "Premio latino de novela" (in Spanish). El Comercio (Peru). http://elcomercio.pe/EdicionImpresa/Html/2007-06-14/ImEcLuces0738846.html. Retrieved February 18, 2010.