# Gerald Martin
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[UNAM](/source/UNAM)
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'''Gerald Martin''' (born 22 February, 1944)[{{Cite web |title=Library of Congress LCCN Permalink no2009112354 |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/no2009112354 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=lccn.loc.gov}}] is an English literary [critic](/source/critic) whose work focuses on [Latin American](/source/Latin_Americans) fiction. He is particularly known for his work on the Guatemalan author [Miguel Ángel Asturias](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias) and Colombian author [Gabriel García Márquez](/source/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez), both [Nobel Prize for Literature](/source/Nobel_Prize_for_Literature) winners.
His 2008 book, ''Gabriel García Márquez. A Life'', was the first full biography of [García Márquez](/source/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez) to be published in English.
==Early life and education==
Gerald Martin studied Spanish, French, and Portuguese at [Bristol](/source/Bristol) in 1965 and received his [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in [Latin American Literature](/source/Latin_American_literature) from the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) in 1970. After spending a year in [Cochabamba](/source/Cochabamba), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia), with VSO (1965-1966), he later carried out postgraduate work in [UNAM](/source/National_Autonomous_University_of_Mexico), [Mexico](/source/Mexico) (1968-1969) and, as a Harkness Fellowship recipient, was a visiting scholar at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) (1971-1972).
== Career ==
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Martin taught for many years at [Portsmouth Polytechnic](/source/University_of_Portsmouth), where he helped to organize the world's first undergraduate degree in [Latin American Studies](/source/Latin_American_studies), which pioneered the student year abroad in Latin America. In 1984, he became the first Professor of [Hispanic Studies](/source/Hispanic_Studies) in the Polytechnic sector. He went on to work for 25 years as the only English-speaking member of the Colección Archivos in Paris and in Pittsburgh, and became President of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana.
In the 1980s he concentrated on the history of literature and the arts, contributing three major chapters to the Cambridge History of Latin America and published ''Journeys through the Labyrinth: Latin American Fiction in the Twentieth Century (1989)''.
From 1992 to 2007, he was the [Andrew W. Mellon](/source/Andrew_Mellon) Professor of Modern Languages at the [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh).
His research and publications have focused on the Latin American novel. His PhD was devoted to [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize) winner [Miguel Angel Asturias](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias). Martin has also produced critical editions of [''Hombres de maíz''](/source/Men_of_Maize) (1981) and ''[El Señor Presidente](/source/El_Se%C3%B1or_Presidente)'' (2000), as well as translating the former work. He has also translated novels by [Rafael Chirbes](/source/Rafael_Chirbes) and [Max Aub](/source/Max_Aub).
In 2008, he authored ''Gabriel García Márquez: A Life,'' an official biography of [Gabriel García Márquez](/source/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez) with [Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing) and [Knopf](/source/Alfred_A._Knopf).[{{Cite web |last=Davey |first=Edward |date=2022-10-21 |title=Gerald Martin on a life's work with García Márquez |url=https://thecitypaperbogota.com/features/a-lifes-work-on-gabo/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=The City Paper Bogotá |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |title=Gerald Martin in conversation – Forensic fantastic: A conversation between Oscar Guardiola-Rivera & Gerald Martin |url=https://writersmosaic.org.uk/content/gerald-martin-in-conversation-forensic-fantastic-a-conversation-between-oscar-guardiola-rivera-gerald-martin/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Writers Mosaic |language=en-US}}] The book, which Martin put together over 17 years of research,[{{Cite news |last=Berman |first=Paul |date=2009-06-05 |title=Telling the Tale |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/books/review/Berman-t.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}] has been translated in over 30 languages.