Van Delden, Maarten 1958–
Van Delden, Maarten 1958–
PERSONAL: Born December 31, 1958, in Naarden, Netherlands; son of Hendrik Andries Jan and Margare-tha Jacoba (Van Deursen) Van Delden; married Illa Cha, September 16, 1994; children: Reinier, Derek, Edward. Education: Cambridge University, B.A., 1980; University of Utrecht, M.A., 1983; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1990.
ADDRESSES: Home—1709 Utah St., Houston, TX 77007. Office—Department of Hispanic Studies, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892; fax: 713-348-4863. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: New York University, New York, NY, assistant professor of Spanish and comparative literature, 1989–97; Rice University, Houston, TX, associate professor of Latin American literature, 1997–2007, department chair, 2002–07; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, associate professor of Spanish, 2007–.
MEMBER: Modern Language Association of America, Latin American Studies Association, American Comparative Literature Association, Modernist Studies Association.
AWARDS, HONORS: Choice selected Carlos Fuentes, Mexico, and Modernity as an "outstanding academic book of 1998."
WRITINGS:
Carlos Fuentes, Mexico, and Modernity, Vanderbilt University Press (Nashville, TN), 1998.
(Editor, with Kristine Vanden Berghe) El laberinto de la solidaridad: Cultura y política en México (1910–2000), Rodopi (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2002.
(With Yvon Grenier) Gunshots at the Fiesta: Literature and Politics in Latin America, Vanderbilt University Press (Nashville, TN), 2007.