The materials in this collection pertain to the research, publications, and correspondence during the time Jorge Ruffinelli spent as a Full Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. A sizable portion of the collection includes research files on contemporary Latin cinematographers and theorists. Additionally, publication resources, such as article submissions and publisher correspondence, appear which contributed to the creation of two academic journals, Texto Critico and its successor, Nuevo Texto Critico. Also included in the collection are photographs, VHS, CDs, magnetic media containing reference material, digital copies of submissions, symposium recordings, and publishing software.

Emeritus Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Jorge Ruffinelli (b. 1943, Uruguay) is a major figure in the study of Latin American literary history, cinema, and the intersection between art and cultural politics. Since the beginning of his career, Ruffinelli has directed and contributed to the body of literature, first working as the Director of the Uruguayan weekly review Marcha'sliterary section in 1968, an Adjunct Professor of University of Buenos Aires' Latin American literature program in 1973, Director of the Centro de Investigaciones Lingüístico-Literarias at the Universidad Veracruzana in 1974, before settling into his role as a Full Professor at Stanford's then Department of Spanish and Portuguese. He has published twenty books of literary and cultural criticism and more than five hundred articles, critical notes, and reviews in journals throughout the world. He was the founder and director of two literary journals, Texto crítico (1975-) and its companion, Nuevo texto crítico (1987-). His interest in Latin cinema has also expanded beyond the literature, as in 1993, he filmed a documentary on Augusto Monterroso, intervieweing major Mexican writers and critics. Additionally, he has prepared thousands of articles about feature films by Latin American directors for the unpublished Encyclopedia of Latin American Cinema.

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