José Miguel Oviedo (1934 – 19 December 2019) was a Peruvian writer and literary critic, born in Lima. He received his doctorate from the Pontificia Universidad Católica in 1961, afterwards teaching at the same institution. Coming to the US in 1975, he taught at State University of New York, Indiana University, and UCLA. In 1988 he was appointed ''Trustee Professor'' of Latin American Literature at the University of Pennsylvania and remained there until his retirement and move to ''Emeritus Professor'' in 2000. He was the recipient of important scholarships such as the Rockefeller grant and the Guggenheim fellowship([http://List%20of%20Guggenheim%20Fellowships%20awarded%20in%201972 1972]).
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