Sterling Professor of Comparative and Hispanic Literatures, Roberto González Echevarría is one of the leading Caribbeanists of our times. He has written extensively on major Caribbean writers such as Alejo Carpentier, José Lezama Lima, Fernando Ortiz, Pedro Henríquez Ureña, and on aspects of Caribbean culture including music, dance, and baseball. Awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in 2010 and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, González Echevarría is the author of Cuban Fiestas (2010); Oye mi son: testimonios y ensayos sobre literatura hispanoamericana (2008); The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball (1999; in Spanish, 2004); Myth and Archive: A Theory of the Latin American Narrative (1990; in Spanish, 2000, 2011); La ruta de Severo Sarduy (1986); Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home (1977; in Spanish 1993, 2004) and Relecturas: estudios de literatura cubana (1976). He is editor or co-editor of Cartas de Carpentier (2008); Cuba: un siglo de literatura (1902-2002) (2004); The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories (1997); The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature (Cambridge, 1996, in Spanish 2006); Severo Sarduy, De donde son los cantantes (1993); Alejo Carpentier, Los pasos perdidos (1985); and Antonio Benítez Rojo, Estatuas sepultadas y otros relatos (1984). Two Madrid-based Cuban journals have devoted special issues to his work: Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana (2004) and Otrolunes (2007). He has received honorary doctorates from several universities, including Columbia University in 2002, and in that same year the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo, held a symposium in his honor.