Cabrera Infante's Tres Tristes Tigres

The Author: Carmen Teresa Hartman was born in Colombia, South America, where she received her B.A. in linguistics and literature. After studying applied linguistics at the University of Essex in Colchester, England, she received her M.A. in linguistics and literature and her Ph.D. in Spanish American literature from the State University of New York at Albany. Her doctoral dissertation received a Distinguished Dissertation Award.