Ernesto de la Peña
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| Born | November 21, 1927 Mexico City, Mexico[1] |
| Died | September 10, 2012 (aged 84) Mexico City, Mexico[1] |
| Occupation | Linguist, writer, polygraph |
| Language | Spanish |
| Alma mater | School of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM |
| Notable awards | National Prize for Arts and Sciences (2003) Alfonso Reyes International Prize (2008)[2] Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (2012) Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor (2012) |
Ernesto de la Peña (Spanish pronunciation: [eɾˈnesto ðe la ˈpeɲa]; 21 November 1927 – 10 September 2012) was a Mexican writer, translator and cultural advocate. Peña was also a linguist and polyglot who studied thirty-three languages, as varied as Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Sanskrit.[3][4] He joined the Mexican Academy of the Language in 1993 and was a member of the Royal Spanish Language Academy.[3]
He studied classical literature at National Autonomous University of Mexico.[4] His most famous books included The Stratagems of God, published in 1988; The Indelible Borrelli Case in 1992; Mineralogy For Intruders in 1999; and The Transfigured Rose, also released in 1999.[4]
De la Peña was the recipient of the National Jose Pages Llergo Prize for Cultural Journalism, the National Prize for Arts and Sciences for linguistics in 2003, and the Fine Arts Gold Medal in 2007.[3][4] In August 2012, Mexican Ambassador to Spain Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña accepted the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize on Ernesto de la Peña's behalf, as the writer was too ill to travel to Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander, Spain, to accept it in person.[3] He received the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor, Mexico's highest honor, in a post mortem ceremony in 2012.[5]
Ernesto de la Peña died of an illness on 10 September 2012, at the age of 84.[3]
Works
[edit]Short Story
[edit]- Las estratagemas de Dios - Domés (1988)
- Las máquinas espirituales - Diana (1991)
Novel
[edit]- El indeleble caso de Borelli - Siglo XXI (1991).
Poetry
[edit]- Palabras para el desencuentro - CONACULTA (2005)
- Poemas invernales - Alfaguara (2015)
Essay
[edit]- Kautilya, o el Estado como mandala - CONACULTA (1993)
- El centro sin orilla - CONACULTA (1997)
- Las controversias de la fe. Los textos apócrifos de Santo Tomás - Aguilar (1997)
- La rosa transfigurada - FCE (1999)
- Don Quijote: la sinrazón sospechosa - CONACULTA (2005)
- Castillos para Homero - CONACULTA (2009)
- Carpe risum. Inmediaciones de Rabelais, FCE (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Luto en cultura; muere Ernesto de la Peña" [Mourning in culture; Ernesto de la Peña dies] (in Spanish). El Universal. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Obtiene Ernesto de la Peña el Premio Alfonso Reyes 2008" [Ernesto de la Peña receives the 2008 Alfonso Reyes Award] (in Spanish). El Universal. 27 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Mexican Writer Ernesto de la Peña Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Mexico's Famous Writer Ernesto De La Pena Dies at 84". Bernama. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ "Medalla de Honor Belisario Domínguez 2012". Senado de la Republica. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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