Fernando Lázaro Carreter | |
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![]() Lárazo Carreter in 1994 | |
Born | Zaragoza, Spain | 13 April 1923
Died | 13 March 2004 Madrid, Spain | (aged 80)
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Occupation(s) | Linguist, journalist and literary critic |
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Seat R of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 11 June 1972[a] – 13 March 2004 | |
Preceded by | Luis Martínez Kléiser |
Succeeded by | Javier Marías |
Director of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 5 December 1991 – 2 December 1998 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Alvar |
Succeeded by | Víctor García de la Concha |
Fernando Lázaro Carreter (April 13, 1923 – March 4, 2004) was a Spanish linguist, journalist and literary critic.
Carreter worked to improve the way the Spanish language is spoken and written, and penned the hugely popular 1997 book El Dardo en la Palabra (The Dart in the Word), a collection of articles he wrote on linguistic gaffes in the media. Lázaro Carreter was a member, occupying the Seat R, of the prestigious Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española), the language's official referee, from 1972 until his death,[1] and was its president for seven years, 1991–1998.[2] He taught at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
He died on 4 March 2004 in Madrid at aged 80 from a multiple organ failure.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Elected on 13 January 1972
References
[edit]- ^ "Fernando Lázaro Carreter - letra R". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Muere Fernando Lázaro Carreter, ex director de la Real Academia Española". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 4 March 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Mora, Rosa (5 March 2004). "Muere Lázaro Carreter, el maestro del español". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
External links
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