Federico de Onís
Federico de Onís (born December 20, 1885 in Salamanca , † October 14, 1966 in San Juan (Puerto Rico) ) was a Spanish Romanist and Hispanist who mainly worked in America.
life and work
Federico de Onís Sánchez studied in Salamanca and Madrid and was Professor of Spanish at Columbia University in New York City from 1916 to 1954 . In 1920 he founded the Instituto de las Españas (later Hispanic Institute) and in 1934 the Boletín del Instituto de las Españas (later Revista Hispánica Moderna ). He also taught at the University of Puerto Rico , where the Seminario de Estudios Hispánicos Federico de Onís bears his name.
Works
- (Ed.) Diego de Torres Villarroel , Vida , Madrid 1912, 1941, 1954, 1964, 1971
- (Ed.) Fray Luis de León , De los nombres de Cristo , 3 vols., Madrid 1914–1922
- (Ed. With Américo Castro ) Fueros leoneses de Zamora, Salamanca, Ledesma y Alba de Tormes I, Textos, Madrid 1916
- Jacinto Benavente. Estudio literario , New York 1917
- (Ed.) Antología de la poesía española e hispanoamericana (1882–1932), Madrid 1934, New York 1961
- (Ed.) El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha , Buenos Aires / New York 1948
- (Ed.) Miguel de Unamuno , Cancionero. Diario poético , Buenos Aires 1953
- España en America. Estudios, ensayos y discursos sobre temas españoles e hispanoamericanos , Puerto Rico 1955, 1968
- (Ed.) Anthologie de la poésie ibéro-américaine , Paris 1956
- (Ed.) Evaristo Ribera Chevremont, Antología Poética 1924–1950 , San Juan 1957
- Luis Palés Matos . Vida y obra. Bibiografía. Antología , Santa Clara 1959
- Unamuno en su Salamanca. Cartas y recuerdos , Salamanca 1986
literature
- Homenaje a Federico de Onís (1885–1966), in: Revista hispánica moderna 34, 1-4, 1968
- Homenaje a Federico de Onís, in: La Torre (Río Piedras) 16, 59, January – March 1968
- Federico de Onís, Cartas con el exilio. Edición anotada , Sada 2003
Web links
- Literature by and about Federico de Onís in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/o/onis.htm
- http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=10012702 (with picture)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Onís, Federico de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Onís Sánchez, Federico de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Romance philologist and Hispanist with US citizenship |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salamanca |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1966 |
| Place of death | San Juan (Puerto Rico) |