Osvaldo Sabino
e-mail: Ono_126@hotmail.com
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Education
-Ph.D in Spanish Language and Literature, Boston University, Boston MA, 1992.
-Master of Arts in Latin American Literature, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 1986.
-Licenciate in Museology, Universidad del Museo Social Argentino, 1973.
-Licenciate in Social Communications, Universidad Católica Argentina, 1971.
Teaching Experience
-Lecturer, English Dept., Creative Writing Section, Wayne State University. Detroit, MI, 1997-2000
-Visiting Professor, Dept. of Languages, Wayne County Community College, Detroit, MI, 1997.
-Visiting Professor, Center for International Programs, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 1995-1999
-Visiting Professor, Dept. of Romance and Classical Languages, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1994-95.
-Assistant Professor, Department. of Humanities, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI, 1991-94.
-Assistant Director, Project Connect, Boston University, Boston, MA, 1987-88.
-Teacher, E.S.L., Boston City Public Schools, Boston, MA, 1984-90.
-Graduate Instructor, Literature Dept., U.C.S.D., La Jolla California, 1983-84.
-Curator/Researcher, Multicultural Arts Institute, San Diego, CA, 1981-83.
Language Skills
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Fluent Excellent Excellent ExcellentItalian: Excellent Very goodVery good Good
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Good Fair FairSpanish: Native Speaker
Native SpeakerOther Activities
-Member of the Editorial Board, Point of Contact, Center for Visual and Verbal Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1999-
-General Editor, Fiction Collection: Adriano, Huerga & Fierro, Editores: Madrid, Spain, (Titles: After Delores, by Sarah Schulman - Elsewhere, by Jonathan Strong - Acid Rain, by Larry Mitchel - Margery Kempe, by Robert Glück - Utopía Gay, by Rafael Calva Pratt - Don Juan in the Village, by Jean DeLynn), 1997-
-Member of the Editorial Board, Corregidor Cultural, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1993-
Honors and Awards (brief selection)
-Grant for University Globalization, Office of the Dean, Wayne State University (to establish graduate exchange program between W.S.U. and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). 2000.
-Annual Honoree, Lambda Students and Professors Association of Colorado State University (For contribuitions to Gay and Lesbian Literature), Fort Collins, Colorado, March 2000.
-Key Note Reader, International Annual Conference of Professors of Spanish
Colorado State University at Fort Collins, Fort Collins, Colorado, March 2000.
-University of Nevada, Las Vegas, English Dept., Nevada, Las Vegas, February 2000
-Official Guest Reader, Instituto Cervantes, Chicago, Illinois, invited by the Spanish Consulate to open the Annual Cultural Series of 1999, September 1999.
-Official Guest, Madrid International Book Fair, Madrid, Spain, May 1999.
-Dept. Of English, Grant for Research Abroad, Wayne State University, May 1999.
-Official Guest, Madrid International Book Fair, Madrid, Spain, May 1999.
-Fellow, Fundación Valparaíso, Almería, Spain, May-June, 1998.
-Dept. Of English, Grant for Research Abroad, W.S.U., May 1998.
-Official Guest, Madrid International Book Fair, Madrid, Spain, May 1998.
-Official Guest of Voice of America, to participate in several of their radio and WorldNet programs, March, 1997.
-Distinguished Professor of Literature, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, November, 1994.
-Best Critical Book of the Year-1993, for Revolución y Redención: La isla de los organilleros de Luisa Mercedes Levinson, La Nación, Bs. As., Argentina, Jan. 1994.
-Fulbright Senior Scolarship, American Republics Research Program (Argentina and Uruguay), June-December 1993.
-Guest of Honor for the 1993 Annual Meeting, PEN Club of Argentina, Introduced by Prof. María E. Vázquez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 1993.
-Official Guest, Madrid International Book Fair, Madrid, Spain, June 1993.
-Honorary Member, Centro de Investigaciones Literarias, Universidad Nacional en Córdoba, Pcia. de Córdoba, Argentina, April 1992.
-Dean's Annual Grant for Research Abroad, Boston University, Boston, MA, September 1987.
-Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Annual Grant for Reasearch Abroad, Boston University, Boston MA, April 1987.
-Presidential Graduate Fellowship of Boston University, Boston University, Boston, MA, 1986-1993.
-Official Guest, Argentine International Book Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 1987.
-Fiction Award, The Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Boston, MA, May 1985.
-Regents Graduate Fellowship, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California,1983-1986.
-Annual Fellowship (in Theatre Research), Graduate School for the Community Development, San Diego, California, 1982.
Publications:
Critical Books
-Borges: Una nueva visión de “Ulrica,” Prologue by Prof. Jorgelina Loubet, Huerga & Fierro Editores: Madrid, Spain, January 2000, 126pp.
-Revolución y redención: La isla de los organilleros de Luisa Mercedes Levinson. Forward by Marco Denevi,Ed. Corregidor: Bs. As., Argentina, December 1993, 143 pp.
-Borges: una imagen del amor y de la muerte, Prologue by Prof. Jorgelina Loubet. Ediciones Corregidor: Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 1987, 94 pp.
Poetry
-Nadando en el volcán, Introduction by Prof. María del Mar López Cabrales, Ediciones Huerga & Fierro: Madrid, Spain, February 2000, 148pp.
-Señales para hallar ese extraño lugar en el que habito, Forward by Rubén Vela.
Editorial Betania: Madrid, Spain, July 1995, 128 pp.
-Atlántida. Prologue by Marosa DiGiorgio. Editorial Graffiti: Montevideo, Uruguay, November 1994, 132 pp.
-The Lights of Sunset, Marygrove University Pubs.: Detroit, MI, January 1994, 100 pp.
-Mujeres solas, Introduction by Z. Nelly Martínez. Ediciones Corregidor: Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 1990, 167 pp.
Fiction
-La máquina del placer, Odisea Editorial: Madrid, Spain, November 2001), 224pp. (short-stories)
-El juguete erótico, Odisea Editorial: Madrid, Spain, September 1999, 208 pp. (short-stories) (Four re-prints to this date)
-La historia de las panteras y de algunos de los animales conversos, Forward by Luisa Valenzuela, Ediciones Huerga & Fierro: Madrid, Spain, May 1999. (Novel)
Work in Progress
-Sonidos Repetidos (Poetic narrative-completed, under editorial consideration)
-Motown (Poetic narrative-completed, under editorial consideration)
-Una Navaja del Ejército Suizo (Short stories, in progress)
-Cuerpos ilimitados (novel)
Other Publications
Critical Articles (Selection- Not updated)
-"On Writing From Another Country," Point of Contact, vol. 4, nº2, Fall 1995, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, pp. 41-43, 1995.
-Latin American Gay Literature: A Biographical and Critical Sourcebook, ed. David Foster (Borghelo, José María, pp. 83-85, Diaconú, Alina, pp. 139-141, Pellegrini, Renato, pp. 308-311 and Schóó, Ernesto, pp. 418-420. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1994.
-"'Bienvenido Bob': Homoeroticismo en la cuentística de Onetti," in Onetti (Selected papers from the 1st International Conference at the Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay), Ediciones Planeta-Espasacalpe: Madrid, Spain, 1996.
-"Gore Vidal and Renato Pellegrini: The Prehistory of the Gay Novel in the U.S.A. and Argentina," Revista de la Asociación de Estudios Nortemericanos, Buenos Aires Argentina, Winter 1995, pp. 58-69.
-"La infancia de Borges," in Borges y los otros, ed. Néstor Montenegro and Adriana Bianco. Editorial Planeta: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1990, pp.43-44.
-"Los Nombres y los Gatos: Luisa Valenzuela y sus Siete Libros," Alba de América, v.1, nº 1, Westminster, California, 1982, pp. 155-156.
-"Argentina: Bastard Child of the Inquisition," Rolling Stock Magazine, Boulder CO, nº 3, 1982, pp. 1-6-7.
Creative Work and Translations (Selection-Not updated)
-Sonetos prohibidos, poems by Victor Monserrat, prologue, Editorial Verbum, Madrid, Spain, 1997.
-Favignana: La Matanza (Documentary film), translation of narration (Italian to Spanish and English), dir. Dr. Phillip Singer, Traditional Healing Productions, 1996.
-The Great Lakes Poetry Project, Marquette, Michigan, Winter 1995, pp. 2-3.
-Graffiti, nº 4, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 1994, pp. 26-31.
-Brújula y Compás, New York, NY, Fall 1993.
-"The Guests," Human Rights Quarterly, v. 12, nº 3, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 426-432. 1990.
-Christa Wolff, in Save Life on Earth I (translation), pp.102-103 and Robert Roznedestvenski, in Save Life on Earth II (translation), pp. 94-99, Elefanten Press: Berlin, Germany, 1986.
Readings from Original Work (Selection)
-Colorado State University, Fort Collins, English Dept., Fort Collinss, Colorado, March 2000.
-University of Nevada, Las Vegas, English Dept., Nevada, Las Vegas, February 2000
-Instituto Cervantes, Chicago, Illinois, Invited to open the Annual Cultural Series of 1999, September 1999.
-Colorado State University, Fort Collins, English and Spanish Depts., Fort Collins, Colorado, November, 1998.
-Fundación Valparaíso, Annual Reading Series, Almería, Spain, June 1998.
Univ. de Huelva, Depto. de Filología Iberoamericana, Huelva, Spain, May 1998.
-Loyola University, English and Spanish Depts., New Orleans, LA, October 1997.
-Voice of America: Conversando con Washington,” “Entre Mujeres”, Washington, D.C., March, 1997.
-ALTA National Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, November 1996.
-Oakland University, Dept. of English, Rochester, MI, January 1996.
-Oakland University, Center for Intl. Progs., Rochester, MI, January 1996.
-Westminster College, English and Spanish Depts., Wilmington, PA, December 1995.
-Mercer College, English and Spanish Depts. Erie, PA, December 1995.
-University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Spanish, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1995.
-Northern Michigan University, English Dept., Marquette, MI, November 1995.
-N.M.U., Dept. of Foreign Langs. and Lits., Marquette, MI, November 1995.
-Ithaca College, Dept. Of Modern Foreign Languages, Ithaca, NY, November 1995.
-Syracuse University, Dept. Of Romance Languages, Syracuse, NY, November 1995.
-Loyola University, Spanish Dept., New Orleans, LA, November 1995.
-Lobizón Reading Series, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 1995.
-Grand River Books, with C. T. Leland (translator), East Lansing, MI, May 1995.
-Amarcord Reading Series, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 1994.
-Yukio Mishima, C. C. S., Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 1994.
-University of Nevada Las Vegas, English and Spanish Departments. Las Vegas, NV, April 1994.
-Marygrove College, First Annual Reading In-Memoriam of Professor Katherine Bicknell, Detroit, MI, January 1994.
-Sociedad Argentina de Autores, Filial Chubut, Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina, July 1993.
-Rada-Tilly Writers Workshop, Rada-Tilly, Chubut, Argentina, 1993.
-Marygrove College, Detroit, MI, April 1993.
-VisualAids, reading along with Mark Dotty, David Feinberg and Christopher T. Leland, Arch Gallery, New York, NY. December 1990.
-Oliverio Reading Series, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1990.
-Centro Cultural Informal, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1990.
-Festival Anual por la Vida, (keynote reader). Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo-Línea Fundadora, Teatro de la Campana, Buenos Aires Argentina, October 1990.
-Yukio Mishima, C.C-S., Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 1989.
Talks, Colloquia and Readings
University Lectures by Invitation (Selection-Not updated)
-”Latin America, Women and Film,” Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, October 1997.
-"The Representation of the Politics in Argentina: 1975-1995," Oakland University, Rochester, MI, January 1996.
-"Animalism and Transvestism in the Prose of Marosa DiGiorgio," Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, November 1995.
-"Young Writer as Rebel: Argentina and the USA," Mercer College, Erie, PA, November 1995.
-"Evolution of the Gay Novel in the USA and Argentina," University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, November 1995.
-"Queer Writers from Opposite Ends of the World," English Dept., Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, November 1995.
-"Gay Silver versus Gay Apple," Dept. of Foreign Languages, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, November 1995.
-"Homoeroticism in Argentine Films," Depts. of Film and Foreign Languages and Literatures, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, November 1995.
-"Literatura 'Queer' en los E.E.U.U.," Universidad Nacional San Juan Bosco, Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina, July 1995.
-"Homoerotismo en la literatura colonial," Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, August 1995.
"The Legacy of 'The Slaughterhouse,'" Gay and Lesbian Faculty and Staff Association, Annual Lectures Series," M.S.U., East Lansing, MI, February 1994.
-"Deseo homoerótico en la literatura latinoamericana," Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 1994.
-"Homoeroticismo en Onetti," Seminario anual Juan Carlos Onetti, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 1994.
-"Writing Across Cultures," English and Latin American Literature Depts., University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1994.
-"Gay Latin American Literature and Repression," English Dept., U.N.L.V., Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 1994.
-"Gore Vidal and Renato Pellegrini: The Prehistory of the Gay Novel in the U.S.A. and Argentina," English Dept., Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 1993.
-"La promesa mesiánica en La isla de los organilleros," Universidad Nacional San Juan Bosco, Chubut, Argentina, July 1993.
-"Borges: Mitología y reflexión," Universidad Nacional San Juan Bosco, Chubut, Argentina, July 1993.
-"Nuevas ténicas en ficción y poesía," Creative Writing Section, Universidad Nacional San Juan Bosco, Chubut, Argentina, July 1993.
-"Luisa Mercedes Levinson: Milenio argentino," Biblioteca Nacional, Montevideo, Uruguay, September 1993.
-"New Feminine Voices From The South," Marygrove College, Annual Lecture Series, Detroit, Michigan, April 1993.
-"Latin American Films of the '80s," (film series presenter) Dept. of Literature, Babson College, Wellesley, MA, November 1989.
-"Argentina: Visual Artists and Human Rights," Sociology Dept., Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, October 1989.
-"Judaism, Literature and Repression," Center for Jewish Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, September 1989.
-"North American and Latin American Contemporary Poetry," Yukio Mishima C.C.S, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 1989.
-"Marta Traba, Luisa Valenzuela, Alina Diaconú and Elvira Orphée: Women Writers in Four Different Forms of Exile," Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, March 1988.
-"Argentina: Literature and Repression Under the Dictatorship, 1975-1982," Brandeis University, Boston MA., May 1987.
-"Tres períodos en la obra de Borges," Centro Cultural San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 1987.
-"Borges: trasformación de una idea," Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 1986.
-"Shunko de Jorge Ávalos: auto-censura bajo el Peronismo," Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, June 1986.
-"Evolution of the Argentine Independent Theater: 1920-1975," Center for Latin American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, September 1984.
-"Argentina: The Silent Enemies: 1973-1981," Center for International Studies, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, October 1982.
-"Buenos Aires: In Goliath's Head," Humanities Dept., University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, September 1982.
-"Rise and Fall of the Argentine Cinematographic Language," Linguistics Dept., University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, October 1981.
-"Martínez Estrada: A Visionary of Argentina," Center for Latin American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 1980.
Conference Papers (Selection-Not updated)
(Selection-Not updated)-”Re-defining Exile,” Women Poets in Exile,”Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain, May 1998.
-"Betraying Myself:: The Author As His Own Translator," ALTA, Annual National Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 1996.
-"Lo erótico en la ficción de Marosa DiGiorgio," VIth Conferencia de la Asosiación de Literatura Femenina Hispánica, Barnard College, New York, October 1995.
-"Luisa Mercedes Levinson: A Re-evaluation of Her Works," "Symposium on Post-Modernism," Montevideo, Uruguay, August 1993.
-"Jewish Women Writers of Argentina: 1950-1989," N.E.M.L.A., Wilmington, Delaware, September 1989.
-"Ulrica's Image in Borges's Canon," A.A.P.T. of Spanish and Portuguesse Regional Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, September 1986.
-"Biblical and Theological Resonances in Borges' `El Evangelio Según Marcos,'" Symposium "Borges With Borges," Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, May 1984.
-"The Masks in Luisa Valenzuela's Characters," Symposium "Bordando y Cocinando Sobre la Escritura," Universidad Nacional de México, México City, September 1983.
-"Violation of Taboo in Luisa Valenzuela's Short Fiction," I.L.C.H., Chapman College, Orange County, CA, October 1982.
Birthplace:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBirthdate : 26 December, 1950
26 December, 1950Citizenship: Argentine, native, USA, October 1987-Italian, November 1996
Argentine, native, USA, October 1987-Italian, November 1996Academic ReferencesProfessor James IfflandProfessor David W. Foster Professor of SpanishProfessor of SpanishBoston University Arizona State University(617) 353-6216 (602) 965-3752Professor Karen DavisLuisa Valenzuela (writer)Chair, Humanities Dept.Artilleros 2130 Marygrove CollegeBuenos Aires - 1428(313) 831-1409 República Argentina
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