Enrique Ojeda | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928 Quito, Ecuador |
| Died | June 2023 (aged 94–95) Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, academic |
| Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (BA, MA) University of Cincinnati (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Literary movement | Indigenismo Latin American literature |
| Notable works | Cuatro obras de Jorge Icaza Coronel Jorge Carrera Andrade Introducción al estudio de su vida y de su obra |
José Enrique Ojeda (1928 – June 2023) was an Ecuadorian-born writer and academic. A professor at Boston College for 30 years, he was the author of several books about Latin American literature, and was called "the world's leading authority"[1] on Ecuadoran poet Jorge Carrera Andrade. Ojeda also wrote extensively on Ecuadoran novelist Jorge Icaza.
Ojeda grew up in Quito, Ecuador, where his father had a dental practice. He attended prep school at Quito's Colegio Loyola, a Jesuit institution, then earned a BA and an MA at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. Moving to the U.S., Ojeda earned an MA in French Literature at the University of Cincinnati in 1959. In 1966, Ojeda earned a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University.[2]
Ojeda lived with his wife, Jo Ellen Haynes Ojeda, in Barrington, Rhode Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He died at his winter home in Ponte Vedra Beach in June 2023.[3]