R K Britton is an honorary research fellow in the Department of Hispanic Studies, Sheffield University, where he is also a part-time tutor in Spanish in The Institute of Lifelong Learning. His research interests are modern Latin American literature, the literature and culture of Golden Age Spain and literary translation. His The Poetic and Real Worlds of Cesar Vallejo (18921938) was widely reviewed: Bob Britton's book brings Cesar Vallejo fascinatingly to life, Adam Feinstein