Braulio Muñoz
Braulio Muñoz was born in Chimbote, Peru. There he was a student and labor organizer and a radio and print journalist. He immigrated to the USA in 1968. He earned a PhD in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is Centennial Professor Emeritus of Swarthmore College where he taught social theory and Latin American Culture. Among P.... more
Braulio Muñoz was born in Chimbote, Peru. There he was a student and labor organizer and a radio and print journalist. He immigrated to the USA in 1968. He earned a PhD in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is Centennial Professor Emeritus of Swarthmore College where he taught social theory and Latin American Culture. Among Professor Muñoz’s works related to literature are Sons of the Wind and Storyteller: Mario Vargas Llosa Between Civilization and Barbarism. In fiction he has written Alejandro y los Pescadores de Tancay, which was translated into English and received the International Book Award at the New York Book Fair in 2009. The novel has also been translated into Italian. His other works of fiction include The Peruvian Notebooks (also translated into Italian), Los Apuntes de Alejandro, El Misha, the poem-novella Plaza Mayor, and the book of stories El Hombre Que Sabía Morir y Otros Relatos. He and his wife Nancy live in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
