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Enrique Anderson-Imbert (February 12, 1910– December 6, 2000)[1] was an Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic.

Enrique Anderson-Imbert
Imbert in 1980
Born	(1910-02-12)February 12, 1910 Córdoba, Argentina
Died	December 6, 2000(2000-12-06) (aged 90) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Writer, Critic, Professor
Nationality	Argentine
Genre	Fantasy, Magical Realism
Notable works	El Gato de Cheshire, La Prosa

Born in Córdoba, Argentina, the son of Jose Enrique Anderson and Honorina Imbert, Anderson-Imbert graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a Ph.D. in 1946.[2] From 1940 until 1947 he taught at the University of Tucumán. In 1947, he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan.[3] He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1954.[4] He became the first Victor S. Thomas Professor of Hispanic Literature at Harvard University in 1965. Anderson-Imbert remained at Harvard until his retirement in 1980.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1967.[5]

Anderson-Imbert is best known for his brief "microcuentos" in which he blends fantasy and magical realism. His story "Sala de espera" is taken from The Cheshire Cat, written in 1965; he is also the author of the 1966 short story entitled "Taboo." He also penned the short stories "El Leve Pedro", "El Fantasma", and "Vudu".

With his wife, Margot (née Di Clerico), a librarian, Anderson-Imbert had a son and a daughter. He died on December 6, 2000 in Buenos Aires.

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- [en] Enrique Anderson Imbert

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[ru] Андерсон Имберт, Энрике

Энрике Андерсон Имберт (исп. Enrique Anderson Imbert; 12 февраля 1910 (1910-02-12), Кордова, Аргентина — 6 декабря 2000, Буэнос-Айрес) — аргентинский писатель , литературовед, литературный критик. педагог. Профессор Гарвардского университета. Представитель формальной школы в литературоведении. Член Аргентинской академии литературы (1979).

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