Flores, Angel, 1900-1994

Angel Flores was born October 2, 1900 in Puerto Rico. He left Puerto Rico for New York and received his B.A. from New York University (1923), his M.A. from Lafayette College (1925), and his PhD from Cornell University (1947). Flores' career was as literary critic, pundit, teacher, translator, and publisher. He navigated both the English-speaking and Spanish-speaking worlds of literature. Flores is credited with being the first person to apply the term "magical realism" to literature. He was on the faculty of Cornell in the 1930s and and with support from the University he founded Dragon Press. Flores spent the 1940s in Washington D.C. working for the Pan American Union. His work there led to the establishment of Latin American Studies as an academic discipline. He died on January 3, 1992 in Guadalajara, Mexico. During his lifetime, Angel Flores wrote more than 80 books.

From the description of Papers, 1942-1974 (bulk 1969-1972). (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 53933646

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