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José Luis Martínez Rodríguez

ホセ・ルイス・マルティネス・ロドリゲス

Jose Ruisu Marutinesu Rodorigesu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918 (Atoyac, Jalisco)
Died
2007 (Mexico) age 89
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Atoyac, Jalisco → Mexico City

Career

Occupations
academic, diplomat, essayist, historian, bibliographer, editor
Active Years
1940-2007
Affiliations
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
Memberships
Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, Academia Mexicana de la Historia, Academia Peruana de la Lengua (corresponding member), Academia Dominicana de la Lengua (corresponding member)

Awards

National Prize for Arts and Sciences
Category: 文学・言語学
Organization: Government of Mexico
Result: 受賞
Alfonso Reyes International Prize
Result: 受賞
Menéndez Pelayo International Prize
Result: 受賞
Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise
Result: 受賞
Legion of Honor
Result: 受賞
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1967
Result: コマンドール

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Nezahualcóyotl: Vida y Obra

2006 Biography

Study on the life and works of Nezahualcóyotl.

Indigenous culture

Hernán Cortés

2006 Biography

Life of the conqueror Hernán Cortés.

Conquest history

Bibliofilia. (Autobiográfico)

2000 Autobiography

Autobiographical essays on bibliophilia.

Bibliography

Bibliography

  • America Antigua: Nahua, Mayas, Quechuas, Otras Culturas (1976)
  • El Trato con Escritores y Otros Estudios (1992)
  • La Expresión Nacional: Letras Mexicanas del Siglo XIX (1993)
  • La Literatura Mexicana del Siglo XX (1995)
  • Pasajeros de Indias, Viajes Transatlánticos en el Siglo XVI (1998)
  • Bibliofilia. (Autobiográfico) (2000)
  • Cruzar el Atlántico (2004)
  • Nezahualcóyotl: Vida y Obra (2006)
  • Hernán Cortés (2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly styleEssayistic
Recurring Motifs
Mexican literary historyBibliographyColonial era

Legacy

Prominent Mexican academic, editor, and diplomat. Served as director of Fondo de Cultura Económica and received numerous prestigious awards. Owned one of Mexico's largest personal libraries, now preserved in the National Library.

Archives

  • National Library of Mexico

Trivia

  • Owned one of the largest personal libraries in Mexico.
  • During his tenure at Fondo de Cultura Económica, over 700 new titles were published.