“INTI is the most well-known and read academic journal, where colleagues from various universities and countries collaborate with pleasure and expectation. It is the only academic and literary magazine capable of incorporating critical works on Latin American literatures, and for this reason, its documentary and academic value is recognized by Hispanism and Latin Americanism, in an up-to-date critical dialogue. It documents, therefore, the academic evolution of Hispanic Latin Americanism, in English and Spanish. This is why it is read in Europe, the US and Latin America. INTI receives articles from Hispanic colleagues from the US, Europe, and Latin American countries. It contributes, therefore, to the international dialogue and convergence of Hispanicism. Thanks to INTI (Sun in Quechua) and its policy of openness and dialogue, the study of critical modernity between the US and Latin America, in Spanish and English, is open, current, dedicated to dialogue and documentation. INTI is an inclusive and academic forum, where new doctoral students and their renewed critical perspective usually make their debut.”
Julio Ortega
Professor of Hispanic Studies
Brown University
Professor Ortega is an accomplished scholar, poet, playwright, and novelist, with 15 books as well as several critical editions to his credit. After six years of teaching at the University of Texas at Austin, and two years as professor and chairperson at Brandeis University, Prof. Ortega joined Brown´s Department of Hispanic Studies in 1989. He has also been a visiting professor at numerous universities in both the United States and abroad, including terms as Simon Bolívar Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge, England (1995-96), and Cátedra de Estudios Avanzados at Universidad Central de Venezuela (Summer 1995). Editor of Transatlantic Studies and member of the Editorial Board of INTI, Revista de Literatura Hispánica since 1982.
“I gladly subscribe to the tribute, which is not only to a professor but also to an intelligent analyst and critic who has written many essays on the most contemporary Peruvian literature. His essays have a richness that makes them truly original and fertile. Thanks to the works of Julio Ortega, Peruvian and Latin American literature has been significantly enriched and it is certain that these texts have contributed a great deal to linking the works that, both in the novel and in the short story, have appeared in recent years in the countries of Latin America. Julio Ortega has been able to link them and show, that above the borders that separate our countries, the literature that emerges within them has links that express it in a sustained and very close way, and that it presents a testimony of the political and moral problems from across the continent. I believe this INTI tribute is very well conceived, and I join it with enthusiasm.”
Mario Vargas Llosa
Nobel Prize in Literature 2010
Madrid, December 1, 2022
His note on INTI, vol. 97-98, 2023. Tribute to Julio Ortega.
Mario Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician. He is one of Latin America´s most significant novelists, essayist, and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom.
“Thank you very much for the issue of INTI dedicated to me. It has been a great and marvelous surprise since it didn´t occur to me that you and your colleagues were “conspiring” in such a moving way for me. Objectively, and without any narcissism, I think the content of the issue is magnificent because of the quality of the collaborators and the diversity of the themes studied. I believe it will be enormously useful for students of Latin American Literature, many times deprived of a real actual, and living bibliography. What more can I tell you, unless I say that I feel proud and very happy? If you see some of your collaborators please express to them all my gratitude.
An embrace from your friend, Julio.”
Julio Cortázar
Argentine novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American “Boom”, he influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe. He is considered to be one of the most innovative and original authors of his time.
“How can we thank and celebrate this generous, glorious issue of INTI? A 99-100 issue that spans centuries (the 17th, Navarette; the 20th, Julio Ortega in Caracas; the 21th with so many current authors; the next century, in memory and the discovery of the unpredictable) and at the same time accentuates our present. Thank you very much Roger, for your precise welcome, to you and your team. Thank you very much Stephen, for such an attractive result. We are just beginning the celebration…Soon we will celebrate in Caracas the publication of this generous INTI dedicated to Venezuela with a gathering of good readers, and with a session at the Venezuelan Book Museum in Caracas. I will keep you informed.
Affectionately”
(August 2024)
José Balza
Professor at Universidad Central de Venezuela, and Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, writer, essayist, and critic. Winner of Venezuela´s National Prize for Literature (1991). Novelist, short story writer, he has published books on literary theory, plastic arts, cinema, music and television. His stories have been translated into Italian, French, English, German and Hebrew. He has taught courses, seminars, and lectured at the universities of México, Buenos Aires, Salamanca, Vienna, Paris Sorbonne, and New York. Regular contributor to magazines in Latin America, the United States and Europe.
“I am particularly impressed by the Journal INTI…the success and reputation of this journal. The magazine has evolved into an important source of information for the Latin American world and the international community of Hispanists. The list of distinguished contributors include writers, critics, and poets, male and female from many Latin American countries, and writers living in the United States. I could include a long list of names but I will only mention Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz, and national and international prize winners Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortázar, Mario Vargas Llosa, Liliana Heer, Diamela Eltit, Jean Franco, and Ana María Barrenechea among many others.”
Flora H. Schiminovich
Prof. of Spanish at Barnard College of Columbia University. Writer, critic, has written books and numerous articles and essays on Latin American women. Contributed to many collections, including the Handbook of Latin American Literature for the Library of Congress. Has given lectures and presentations throughout the world, concentrating in feminist revisions of history, trying to contextualize women´s writings to their particular environments. Member of INTI Editorial Board.
“Over the years, INTI has become one of the best publications in our field, making a great contribution to research and giving the opportunity to talented young writers to publish their creative work. The list of authors who have published in INTI includes many of the top Spanish American writers and critics of our time. The quality of this journal has earned it considerable prestige in our environment of scholars who specialize in Latin American Studies. I regularly include materials published in INTI in the bibliography for my graduate courses at CUNY. INTI has established very productive relations with American, Latin American and European Universities, carrying out valuable joint publication projects. These achievements, which have required ability, well focused effort and determination, have brought prestige and recognition to the journal.”
Malva E. Filer
Professor of Spanish American Literature, Brooklyn College, City University of New York Graduate Center, /Ph.D. Program in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures. A specialist in contemporary narrative, she has written books on Julio Cortázar and Antonio Di Benedetto. Her publications include critical essays on the major authors of Spanish America, from Jorge Luis Borges to Severo Sarduy. Member of INTI Editorial Board.
“This journal has achieved something that very few journals in the field have done. First, it has an admirably long life, over twenty years now, which is surely due to the dedication of its editor, since it is very difficult to sustain a magazine of this type. Even if funding is available, such publications require an enormous investment of time and energy, and INTI has not only survived it has flourished. A look at recent issues shows that the journal is not standing still but is reaching out in new directions. Second, the journal is, overall, more stimulating and innovative in its contributions than most journals in the field. It has gathered contributions from the most esteemed writers and critics, and every volume includes some of the best critical and creative work being done today. Even more important, I think, is the agility in venturing to publish new talents whose names are not yet widely known. Among those younger writers whose works have been first published in the U.S. in the journal, some have proven to be definite and durable talents. This is due to the establishment of a network with writers and critics all over the Americas, who have come to view the journal as a site of originality and openness to new talents. Of the special volumes on INTI, a real stand out is the Catorce poetas hispanoamericanos de hoy. The volume has become a very useful reference work in the field of modern Latin American poetry.”
Gwen Kirkpatrick
Professor and Chair, University of California, Berkeley, and Emeritus Professor at Georgetown University. Her research focuses primarily on Latin American literature and culture, with special emphasis in poetry, gender studies, and visual culture. Has published books on the Argentine writers Leopoldo Lugones, Ricardo Guiraldes, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Also Women, Culture and Politics in Latin America, and The Dissonant Legacy of Modernism: Lugones, Herrera y Reissig and the Voices of Modern Latin American Poetry, among others. She has also published numerous articles in journals, chapters in books, and reviews.
Member of INTI, Editorial Board.
“Thank you for sending me the very fine double issue of INTI dealing with Julio Cortázar. It is an honor for Providence College to share this publication with Barnard College of Columbia University. Congratulations. Thank you for your kindness in sending me the fine issue of INTI. I did indeed enjoy reading the Octavio Paz speech and I have taken the liberty of sharing the publication with some Latin American students who are in a group I am teaching under Regnum Christi Movement.”
Ever your friend,
Rev. Paul van K. Thomson
Vice President for Academic Administration, Providence College. Beloved Providence College Professor who was the first Director of the Liberal Arts Honors Program and helped to establish the Development of Western Civilization Program. He received a Ph.D. from Brown University and served as a full professor and administrator at Providence College from 1959, overseeing the implementation of coeducation at the College.