Graduate Student in Spanish
Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Alejandro and his family arrived in the United States in 1986. Fifteen years later, he moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, where he lived for more than ten years. Once back in the US and after 35 years in the corporate world, Alejandro decided to dedicate his “second youth,” as he calls it, to his first love: Literature. He obtained a Certificate in Translation from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, followed by an MFA in Literary Translation from Boston University. Alejandro’s academic interests are varied. At the most general level, they include translation theory, literary theory, and the vanguards. His current area of research concentrates on the precursors of the Latin American Boom and their influence post-Boom. He is also interested in the impact of literary translation on the development of local literature.