Enrique Anderson Imbert

Enrique Anderson-Imbert (February 12, 1910– December 6, 2000)[1] was an Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic.

Born in Córdoba, Argentina, the son of Jose Enrique Anderson and Honorina Imbert, Anderson-Imbert graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a Ph.D. in 1946.

[4] He became the first Victor S. Thomas Professor of Hispanic Literature at Harvard University in 1965.

With his wife, Margot (née Di Clerico), a librarian, Anderson-Imbert had a son and a daughter.

In 2012, the North American Academy of the Spanish Language created the “Enrique Anderson Imbert Prize" to recognize the professional trajectory of those who have contributed with their studies, works, and literary works to the knowledge and dissemination of the Hispanic language and culture in the United States.