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Ernesto de la Peña

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Ernesto de la Peña

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-11-21 (Mexico City, Mexico)
Died
2012-09-10 (Mexico City, Mexico) age 84
Nationality
Mexican
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Mexico City, Mexico

Career

Occupations
Linguist, Writer, Translator, Cultural advocate
Active Years
1950-2012
Affiliations
Mexican Academy of the Language, Royal Spanish Academy

Education

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
School of Philosophy and Letters / Classical literature
Country: Mexico

Awards

National Prize for Arts and Sciences
2003
Category: 言語学
Organization: Mexican Government
Result: 受賞
Alfonso Reyes International Prize
2008
Result: 受賞
Menéndez Pelayo International Prize
2012
Organization: Menéndez Pelayo International University
Result: 受賞
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor
2012
Organization: Mexican Senate
Result: 受賞(死後)
National José Pagés Llergo Prize for Cultural Journalism
Result: 受賞
Fine Arts Gold Medal
2007
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Stratagems of God

1988 Short story

The Indelible Borrelli Case

1991 Novel

Mineralogy For Intruders

1999 Essay

The Transfigured Rose

1999 Essay

Bibliography

  • Short story: Las estratagemas de Dios (1988)
  • Short story: Las máquinas espirituales (1991)
  • Novel: El indeleble caso de Borelli (1991)
  • Poetry: Palabras para el desencuentro (2005)
  • Poetry: Poemas invernales (2015)
  • Essay: Kautilya, o el Estado como mandala (1993)
  • Essay: El centro sin orilla (1997)
  • Essay: Las controversias de la fe. Los textos apócrifos de Santo Tomás (1997)
  • Essay: La rosa transfigurada (1999)
  • Essay: Don Quijote: la sinrazón sospechosa (2005)
  • Essay: Castillos para Homero (2009)
  • Essay: Carpe risum. Inmediaciones de Rabelais (2015)

Health

  • illness
    2012年
    Too ill to travel, died

Legacy

Mexican writer, linguist, and translator who studied 33 languages. Member of the Mexican Academy of the Language. Recipient of numerous literary awards.

Trivia

  • Polyglot who studied thirty-three languages.