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Kelly Austin

Kelly Austin

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
1115 E. 58th Street.
Chicago, IL 60637
Office: Wieboldt 225
Phone: 773/834-6848
Email: austink@uchicago.edu








Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature

Professor Austin studies Literature of the Americas and Translation Studies, focusing on modern and contemporary poetry. Her current research centers on Pablo Neruda and the material evidence of literary cross currents in the Americas, translations, collections and correspondence. Most recent and forthcoming publications include essays on José Donoso's Casa de campo, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's Viajes por Europa, África, y América 1845-1847, Mario Vargas Llosa's El pez en el agua and Pablo Neruda's collections. She is also a translator of Spanish American literature.

Education

Selected Courses

La novela de la dictadura; La literatura de las Américas: Whitman en Hispanoamérica; Poesía hispanoamericana escrita por mujeres; Poesía hispanoamericana, visualmente hablando; Mario Vargas Llosa y el fanatismo; Introducción al análisis literario; and Readings in World Literature Humanities Core.