BALDERSTON, Daniel

BALDERSTON, Daniel. American, b. 1952. Genres: Translations, Literary criticism and history, Bibliography. Career: California State University, Chico, instructor, 1980; Earlham College, Richmond, IN, assistant professor, 1980-82; Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, assistant professor, 1982-83; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, assistant professor, 1983-87, associate professor, 1987-92, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, 1992-. Leader of Earlham foreign study group in Mexico, 1982. Taught at institutions including Universidade de Sao Paulo, 1987, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 1993, and Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1994. Publications: El precursor velado: R.L. Stevenson en la obra de Borges, trans. by E.P. Leston, 1985; (author of intro., selection, and bibliog.) The Historical Novel in Latin America: A Symposium, 1986; The Latin American Short Story: An Annotated Guide to Anthologies and Criticism, 1992; The Literary Universe of Jorge Luis Borge: An Index to References and Allusions to Persons, Titles and Places in His Writings, 1992; Out of Context: Historical Reference and the Representation of Reality in Borges, 1993. Contributor to periodicals and newspapers. TRANSLATOR: J. Bianco, Shadow Play and The Rats: Two Novellas, 1983; S. Oliver, Figari, intro. by Jorge Luis Borges, 1984; S. Ocampo, Leopoldina's Dream, 1988; (with S. Molloy) Molloy, Certificate of Absence, 1989; (and author of intro.) Juan Carlos Onetti, Goodbyes and Stories, 1990; (and author of intro. and notes) Ricardo Piglia, Artificial Respiration, 1994. Contributor of translations to periodicals. Address: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, U.S.A.