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Edition 5 (1965) Winner
Ángel María Garibay K.
アンへル・マリーア・ガリバイ・キンタナ
Ángel María Garibay K.
Aliases:
Ángel María Garibay / Fray Ángel María Garibay Kintana
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1892-06-18 （Tenancingo, State of Mexico）
- Died
- 1967-10-19 （Mexico City） age 75
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Languages
- Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Mexico City
Career
- Occupations
- Catholic priest, philologist, linguist, historian, scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures
- Active Years
- 1937-1967
- Affiliations
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Seminario de Cultura Náhuatl
- Influenced
- Miguel León-Portilla
Awards & Nominations
Works
Bibliography
- 1937 La poesía lírica azteca
- 1940 Poesía indígena de la altiplanicie
- 1958 Veinte himnos sacros de los nahuas
- 1961 Llave del náhuatl: colección de trozos clásicos, con gramática y vocabulario, para utilidad de los principiantes
- 1963 Panorama literario de los pueblos nahuas
- 1964 La literatura de los aztecas
- 1965 Poesía náhuatl
- 1967 "Códice Carolino"
- 1987 Historia de la literatura nahuatl
- 1993 Poesía náhuatl
- 1997 Panorama literario de los pueblos nahuas
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly analysisRestoration of classical language
- Recurring Motifs
- Nahuatl literatureIndigenous cultural preservation
Legacy
One of the pre-eminent Mexican authorities on the Nahuatl language and its literary heritage, noted for studies and translations of conquest-era primary sources in Classical Nahuatl. Made significant contributions to the promotion and preservation of indigenous cultures and languages of Mexico, alongside his student Miguel León-Portilla.
Academic Societies
- Nahuatl Culture Studies