Luis M González Translator & Author

Luis M. Gonzalez is Associate Professor in the Hispanic Studies Department at Connecticut College, where he teaches Spanish Film and Spanish Literature. A native of Spain, he received a doctorate from the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (2002) in Spanish Theater and another from Georgetown University (2004) in Spanish Film. He has published two books that focus on Spanish theater: La escena madrileña durante la II República (1931-1939) (1996) and El teatro español durante la II República y la crítica de su tiempo (1931-1936) (2007). He is also co-editor of the book  Motivos y estrategias. Estudios en honor de Ángel Berenguer (2009). His recent book, Fascismo, kitsch y cine histórico en España (1939-1953) (2009), analyzes a series of historical films produced in the first years of Franco’s Dictatorship.