Books By Ángel Rama, David L. Frye - Author

Ángel Rama (1926-1983) was a noted literary critic, journalist, editor, publisher, and educator. He left his native Uruguay after the military takeover in 1973 and subsequently taught at the University of Venezuela and the University of Maryland. He is the author of many books, including The Lettered City, also published by Duke University Press. David Frye is a writer and translator who teaches Latin American studies courses at the University of Michigan. He is the translator of Guaman Poma's First New Chronicle and Good Government (1615), José Joaquìn Fernandez de Lizardi's The Mangy Parrot (1816), and several Cuban and Spanish novels and poems.