Jean Franco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jean Franco

British academic

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1924

Place of Birth: United Kingdom

Profession: university teacher, literary critic, literary scholar

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jean Franco (born 31 March 1924) is a British-born academic and literary critic known for her pioneering work on Latin American literature.
Educated at Manchester and London, she has taught at London, Essex (where she was the university's first professor of Latin American literature), and Stanford, and is currently professor emerita at Columbia University.