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Monday, March 12, 2001 WRITER: Phil Williams, (706) 542-8501, phil@franklin.uga.edu CONTACT: John Ross, (706) 542-1075, johnross@arches.uga.edu INTERNATIONAL AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CONFERENCE TO HONOR PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SPANISH MANUEL MANTERO ATHENS, Ga. — Noted teacher, poet, novelist and essayist Manuel Mantero will be honored March 30–31 with a conference on the University of Georgia campus. The conference speakers are all former students of Dr. Mantero and will come to UGA from 11 different American universities. Keynote speaker is well-known novelist, critic and poet Antonio Hernández, who will be coming from Madrid for the conference. “We are meeting to celebrate the uncountable and valuable contributions of Manuel Mantero to the University of Georgia, where he worked as a professor of Spanish and Latin-American literature from 1973 until his retirement in August of 2000,” said John Ross, director of the conference. “Today in their classes, his former students use the sensitive and intelligent techniques of literary analysis learned under the tutelage of their old master.” The event will open at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 30, in room 313 of Sanford Hall. The events of Saturday, March 31, will take place in Auditorium 2B of the Main Library. For information on the event, call Ross at (706) 542-1075. Professor Mantero earned a doctorate in law from the University of Salamanca in 1957. Before coming to the University of Georgia, he held teaching posts as a professor of Spanish literature with a specialty in poetry at the Universities of Seville, Madrid, Santander and Western Michigan. In 1980 he was promoted from visiting professor to full professor, then in 1982 he became a research professor of Spanish, a position he held until his retirement and the granting of his emeritus status in the autumn of 2000. Since 1954 with the publication of his first book of poetry, Mantero has written 13 books of verse, two novels, two critical works on contemporary Spanish poetry, three anthologies, one book of essays and numerous reviews and critical collaborations with Spain’s leading literary journals. He continues to be active in the field of literature and currently has a new work on the concept of humor to be published shortly. Mantero has just also completed a new book of poems to be published in the coming year. In April he and fellow Spanish poet Angel González will represent Spain in an international poetry reading in San Francisco. This reading sponsored by the European Union will bring together two poets from each of country of the Union. |