Uruguay. He was one of the most important literary critics in Latin America. A journalist, professor, editor, compiler, and polemicist, this Uruguayan intellectual is a singular figure on the Latin American cultural landscape of the 20th century. He studied at the Sorbonne, directed the Department of Latin American Literature at the University of Montevideo, founded and directed Editorial Arca, was a columnist for the magazine Marcha in Montevideo, later lived in exile, and taught at various universities in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. In Caracas, he founded the Biblioteca Ayacucho. Rama understood literature as intrinsically linked to social, political, and ideological processes, and his work is a prime example of critical intelligence. His books opened up a field of research that has significantly surpassed the conceptual paradigm of literary studies.