Víctor García de la Concha
Víctor García de la Concha (born January 2, 1934 in Villaviciosa , Asturias ) is a Spanish philologist. From 1998 to 2010 he was director of the Real Academia Española and has been director of the Instituto Cervantes since 2010 .
De la Concha graduated as a philologist from the University of Oviedo and as a theologian from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . He taught at the Universities of Valladolid , Murcia , and Saragossa and as a full professor of Spanish literature in Salamanca .
In 1992 he became a full member of the Real Academia Española , its secretary the following year and director in 1998.
Garcia has received numerous honors and awards, including the Premio Internacional Menéndez Pelayo and an honorary doctorate from the University of Tegucigalpa .
Web links
- Literature by and about Víctor García de la Concha in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ^ Víctor García de la Concha, new director del Cervantes. El Mundo , January 27, 2012 (Spanish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Concha, Víctor García de la |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish philologist and director of the Real Academia Española |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villaviciosa (Asturias) |