Antonio García Solalinde

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Antonio García Solalinde (born December 28, 1892 in Toro (Spain) , † July 13, 1937 in Madison (Wisconsin) ) was a Spanish Romanist , Hispanic and Medievalist who worked in the United States.

life and work

Solalinde attended school in Valladolid and studied in Madrid at the Centro de Estudios Históricos, as well as in Portugal, Germany and Italy. He obtained his doctorate in 1924 under Ramón Menéndez Pidal with the thesis La primera versión española de el Purgatorio de San Patricio y la difusión de esta leyenda en España . Solalinde has been visiting professor many times, notably in the United States. In 1931 he founded the Seminary of Medieval Spanish Studies (later Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (Wisconsin ). There were Victor Oelschläger and Lloyd August box his most important students. The latter took over the leadership of the seminar after Solalinde's early death.

Solalinde was married to the writer Jesua Alfau Galván de Solalinde (1890-1943).

A professorship at the University of Wisconsin is named after Solalinde.

Other works

  • (Eds.) Calila y Dimna. Fábulas. Antigua versión castellana , Madrid 1917
  • (Ed.) Cien romances escogidos , Madrid 1919; 4th edition, 1958
  • (Ed.) Cristóbal de Villalón, Viaje de Turquía , Madrid 1919; 3rd edition, Buenos Aires 1947
  • (Ed.) Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora , Madrid 1922, 9th edition 1978
  • (Ed.) Alfonso el Sabio, General estoria. Primera parte , Madrid 1930
  • (Ed.) Antología de Alfonso X El Sabio , Buenos Aires 1940, Madrid 1960, 1977
  • (with Agapito Rey ) Ensayo de una bibliografía de las leyendas troyanas en la literatura española , Boomington (Indiana) 1942
  • (Ed. With Ramón Menéndez Pidal , Manuel Muñoz Cortés and José Gómez Pérez) Primera crónica general de España que mandó componer Alfonso el Sabio y se continuaba bajo Sancho IV en 1289 , 2 vols., Madrid 1955
  • (Ed. With Victor Oelschläger and Lloyd August Kasten ) Alfonso el Sabio, General estoria. Segunda parte , 2 vols., Madrid 1957–1961
  • Poemas breves medievales , ed. by Ivy A. Corfis, Madison 1987

literature

  • Joaquín Ortega: [Obituary]. In: Hispanic Review , Volume 5 (1937), ISSN  0018-2176 , pp. 350-352.
  • Henry Grattan Doyle: [Obituary]. In: Modern Language Journal , Volume 22 (1937), ISSN  1540-4781 , p. 130.
  • Antonio G. Solalinde memorial issue . In: Romance Philology , Volume 5, Issue 2 (November 1951) and Issue 3 (February 1952), ISSN  2295-9017 , pp. 77-266.

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personal data
SURNAME Solalinde, Antonio García
ALTERNATIVE NAMES García Solalinde, Antonio; Solalinde, Antonio G .; Solalinde, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish Romanist, Hispanic and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Toro (Spain)
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1937
Place of death Madison (Wisconsin)