José Rafael Valles Calatrava

José Rafael Valles Calatrava (born 1957) is a Spanish researcher and professor of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the University of Almería. His interests lie in the fields of narratalogy, semiotics and crime fiction. He has published extensively on those fields and has written books such as ''Diccionario de teoría de la narrativa'' [''Dictionary of Narrative Theory''] and ''Teoría de la narrativa'' [''Narrative Theory'']. Valles Calatrava has taught at the University of Almería and the University of Granada since 1989.

He also has been involved in diplomatic work in Spain embassies in Mexico, Cuba, Peru, and Bolivia.[http://www.espanaexterior.com/hemeroteca/edicion/668-martes_29_de_Diciembre_de_2009/seccion/61-Emigracion][http://boe.es/boe/dias/2009/08/25/pdfs/BOE-A-2009-13782.pdf][http://boe.es/boe/dias/2004/08/03/pdfs/A27916-27917.pdf] Provided by Wikipedia