Charles Ruas

Charles Ruas is an American teacher, writer, translator, literary and art critic, and interviewer for print and broadcast. He is well known for his work with artists, musicians, and writers of the 1970s, when he was Director of Arts Programming at WBAI Radio, New York. He was a literary and art critic for the ''Soho Weekly News'', ''ArtNews,'' and ''Art in America'', among other publications. He is the author of the interview collection ''Conversations with American Writers'' (1985) and the editor and translator of numerous literary works. A specialist in French, English, and Comparative Literature, he has taught at Columbia University, New York University, University of Grenoble, France, and Nankai University in China. He lives and works in New York City. Provided by Wikipedia