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Ana Cara

アナ・カラ

Ana Cara

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Argentina
Languages
Spanish, English
Residence History
Oberlin, Ohio, USA

Career

Occupations
Creolist, translator, professor
Active Years
1972-2024
Affiliations
Oberlin College

Education

Middlebury College
Degree: B.A.
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: United States
University of Pennsylvania
Folklore and Folklife
Degree: M.A.
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: United States
University of Pennsylvania
Folklore and Folklife
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1983
Country: United States

Awards

Willis Barnstone Translation Prize
2007
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Bibliography

  • "The Poetics of Creole Talk: Toward an Aesthetic of Argentine Verbal Art", Journal of American Folklore, Volume 116, Number 459, Winter 2003, pp. 36–56
  • Baron, Robert, Cara, Ana, "Introduction: Creolization and Folklore", Journal of American Folklore, 2003

Legacy

Argentine creolist, translator, and Professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College. Winner of the 2007 Willis Barnstone Translation Prize.