Fernando Báez (Author)

Fernando Báez (born January 1, 1947 in San Félix de Guayana , Venezuela ) is a Venezuelan library scholar , writer , translator and political activist. His foundational book “Historia universal de la destrucción de los libros” (Universal History of Book Destruction), published in 2004, has been translated into numerous languages.

He became internationally known for his reports on the destruction of the National Library of Baghdad in the Iraq war .

Life

In 1996 he obtained a BA in Education with the grade summa cum laude. Then from 1999 he studied library science. His mentors included the Latin American philosopher José Manuel Briceño Guerrero, the educationalist Pedro Rincon Gutierrez and the American classical philologist Miroslav Marcovich . He completed his academic training in 2002 with his doctoral thesis on the subject of Historia universal de la destrucción de los libros (Universal History of Book Destruction). He then expanded this doctoral thesis into his book of the same name. In 2003 he received the "Vintila Horia" Prize for Essays for his study of the history of the Alexandria Library . Báez taught students in Venezuela , there in Caracas , Zulia and Merida ; in Guadalajara in Mexico , in Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ), in Colombia , there in Bogotá , Medellín and Bucaramanga , in Bolivia , there in La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra , in Spain (in Madrid , Barcelona , Castile , Seville and Valencia ), in France in Paris and Lyon , in Cairo ( Egypt ), in Amman in Jordan , in Aleppo ( Syria ), in Sydney ( Australia ) and in London and Cambridge in Great Britain .

Works

• Alejado , Published by Universidad de los Andes, Consejo de Publicaciones; Ed. 1ra edition, 1993, ISBN 978-9802215287 (es)
• La Destruccion Cultural de Iraq: Un Testimonio de Posguerra , Publisher: Flor de Viento Ediciones 2004, ISBN 978-8489644946 (es)
• El traductor de Cambridge , Publisher: Lengua De Trapo, April 30, 2005, ISBN 978-8496080461 (es)
• El saqueo cultural de America Latina. De la conquista a la globalizacion . Publisher: Debate, February 1, 2008, ISBN 978-9708101165 (es)
• Historia da Destruicao Cultural da America Latina , Publisher: Nova Fronteira, January 1, 2010, ISBN 978-8520924372 (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Lost Treasures: Burnt books in Baghdad , Publisher: Edubba; 1 edition, June 7, 2012 (en)
• Martin Heidegger: vida y polémica , Publisher: Edubba; June 5, 2013 (es)
• En defensa de la rebelión global , Publisher: Edubba, June 6, 2013 (es) (es)
• Las maravillas perdidas del mundo: Breve historia de las grandes catástrofes de la civilización . Publishing company; Océano; 1 edition, June 25, 2013 (es)
• Los primeros libros de la Humanidad. The mundo antes de la imprenta y el libro electrónico. Publisher: Lengua de Trapo 2013, ISBN 978-8415174752 (es)
• La hoguera de los intelectuales , Publisher: Edubba, 2nd edition, December 5, 2014 (es)

Universal history of book destruction

• Historia universal de la destrucción de los libros , Publisher: Destino Ediciones, February 2004, ISBN 978-8423335961 (es)
• Historia universal da Destruicao dos Livros , Ediouro Editoria, 2006 (pt)
• Histoire universelle de la destruction des livres , Publisher: Editions Fayard March 12, 2008 (fr)
• A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day Iraq , September 15, 2008, translated into English by Alfred MacAdam, ISBN 978-1934633014 (en)
• Storia universale della distruzione dei libri: Dalle tavolette sumere alla guerra in Iraq , Viella Libreria Editrice, September 30, 2010 (it)
• Obecné dějiny ničení knih , 2013, ISBN 978-80-7294-697-6 (cz)
• Penghancuran Buku dari Masa ke Masa , July 2013, ISBN 9789791260244
• Nueva historia universal de la destrucción de libros. De las tablillas sumerias a la era digital. Publisher: Editorial Océano 2013, ISBN 9786077350897 (es)

Translations into Spanish

• Tractatus Coislinianus (Edición bilingue griego y español)
• Los fragments de Aristóteles , Ed. del Vicerrectorado Acad., University de los Andes 2002, ISBN 9789803890568
• Aristóteles - Poética. Edición en griego, latín y castellano. (Translation of the poetics of Aristotle into Spanish by the author), Publisher: Universidad de Los Andes 2003

Honors

• 2007 Prize of the Brazilian Foundation for Children's and Young People's Books for História universal da destruição dos livros: das tábuas sumérias à guerra do Iraque .

Web links

• https://www.fernandobaez.com/ website of the author
• short biography of Fernando Báez in English on fernandobaez.galeon.com ; accessed on January 13, 2015
• Humberto Marquez: The plunder of Iraq's treasures on Asis Times online (atimes.com) from February 17, 2005 Interview with Fernando Báez accessed on January 13, 2015
• Literature by and about Fernando Báez (author) in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2917145.Fernando_B_ez
2. ↑ Mitchaelle Henriquez (Universal): Fernando Báez. Fanático de la memoria escrita, on eluniversal.com, May 2003 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on January 13, 2015  
3. ↑ http://www.fernandobaez.galeon.com/cvitae551743.html
4. ↑ http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/p/historia-universal-da-destruicao-dos-livros-1395875
5. ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18213272-penghancuran-buku-dari-masa-ke-masa
6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Aristotle: Los fragments de Aristóteles . Ed. del Vicerrectorado Acad., Univ. de los Andes, 2002, ISBN 978-9-803-89056-8 ( limited preview in Google book search).
8. ↑ http://de.scribd.com/doc/110272806/Aristoteles-Poetica-Edicion-en-griego-latin-y-castellano-de-Fernando-Baez
9. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.