Antonio Alatorre

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Antonio Alatorre.

Antonio Alatorre (1922 – October 21, 2010<ref>Muere Antonio Alatorre, notable filólogo, ensayista y docente (in Spanish)</ref>). was a Mexican writer, philologist, academic and translator, famous due to his influential academic essays about Spanish literature, mainly because of his book Los 1001 años de la lengua española (The 1001 Years of the Spanish Language)<ref name="ABC">Mexican filologist and writer Antonio Alatorre dies, ABC, October 22, 2010.</ref>

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[edit] His studies

Antonio Alatorre was born in Autlán de la Grana, Jalisco. He studied Latin, Greek, French and English during his youth. First he studied Law, but changed to study literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and filology at El Colegio de México (Colmex). He studied in France and Spain with professors such as Raymond Lebergue and Marcel Bataillon.<ref name="S">Solana, Fernando, op. cit. p. 399.</ref>

[edit] His professional life

He was the director of El Colegio de México from 1953 to 1972, when he edited and directed the Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica.<ref name="S" /> He taught since 1943 and participated at conferences and courses in several countries. He won Mexico's National Price of Linguistics and Literature in 1998.<ref>Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. "Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes". http://www.ecultura.gob.mx/artistas_y_grupos_artisticos/pnca/indiceac/pnca_anoycampo.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2009. </ref> He was appointed as a member of El Colegio Nacional on September 13, 2001 and as an honorary member of Academia Mexicana de la Lengua in September 2001.<ref>"Académicos honorarios de la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua". http://www.academia.org.mx/miembros.php?tipo=6. Retrieved 13 November 2009. </ref> He died in Mexico City.

[edit] His articles (journals)

In addition to the Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica (NRFH), Alatorre edited Pan (Guadalajara, 1945), Historia Mexicana (El Colegio de México, 1952–1959), was the co-director of the Revista Mexicana de Literatura (1958–1960) and participated in Diálogos and Nexos.

[edit] His books

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

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[edit] Bibliography

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