Martí de Riquer

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Martí de Riquer

Martí de Riquer i Morera [ mərˈti ðə riˈke j muˈɾeɾə ] (born May 3, 1914 in Barcelona ; † September 17, 2013 ibid) was the 8th  Count of Casa Dávalos and Grande of Spain and professor of Romance philology .

Life

De Riquer was born in Barcelona in 1914. He is a grandson of Alexandre de Riquer i Ynglada . From him he rehabilitated the title of Count of Casa Dávalos in 1956 . He fought for Francisco Franco in the Tercio de Montserrat in the Spanish Civil War and later worked under the direction of Dionisio Ridruejo .

In 1977 he was appointed Senator and Head of the Department of Romance Literature at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ('Supreme Council for Scientific Research') by King Juan Carlos I of Spain .

Works

De Riquer had been a member of the Real Academia Española since 1965 , as well as being president of the Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona ('Royal Academy of Humanities Barcelona') and a corresponding member of various foreign institutions. He was emeritus of Romance literature at the University of Barcelona (1950–1984) and was Vice Dean at the University of Barcelona (1965–1966) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1970–1976). He was the founder and honorary president of the Sociedad Roncesvalles or Société Rencesvals, which is dedicated to researching the chanson de geste and cantar de gesta .

De Riquer has researched many Romance languages: Occitan , French , Spanish and Catalan . He published studies of Don Quixote , the chanson de geste , medieval novels like Amadis de Gaula , about the troubadours , the Minne the Catalan literature and the social phenomenon of the knight-errant. De Riquer has researched the influence of Ausiàs Marc , Juan Boscán and the works of Miguel de Cervantes . His most important work is the Historia de la Literatura Universal ('History of Universal Literature '), which he published in collaboration with José María Valverde . He and his student Albert Hauf are the most important connoisseurs of love in Spain.

Awards

In 1962 De Riquer received the March Prize of Catalonia . In 1990 he received the fourth international Menéndez Pelayo Prize and in the following year the national essay prize for his monograph Aproximació al Tirant lo Blanc , which the Spanish Ministry of Culture awards. In 1997 he received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Social Science, in 1999 the Lletra d'Or Prize for Quinze generacions d'una família catalana and in 2000 the National Prize for Spanish Humanities. In 2005 he became the grandee of Spain . De Riquer is Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Rome and the University of Liège . He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the British Academy .

Published works

Own works

  • L'humanisme català (1388–1494) Barcelona: Barcino, 1934.
  • Humanisme i decadència en les lletres catalanes Barcelona: Revista de Catalunya, 1934.
  • Comentaris crítics sobre clàssics catalans Barcelona: Barcino, 1935.
  • Manual de heráldica española Barcelona: Apolo, 1942.
  • La lírica de los trovadores Madrid: CSIC, 1948.
  • Los cantares de gesta franceses , Madrid: Gredos, 1952.
  • Historia de la literatura catalana , Barcelona: Ariel, 1964–1966.
  • Historia de la literatura universal , Barcelona: Noguer, 1957–1959. (in cooperation with José María Valverde )
  • Caballeros andantes españoles , Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1967.
  • L'arnès del cavaller: armes i armadures catalanes medievals , Barcelona: Ariel, 1968.
  • Cavalleria: fra realtà e letteratura nel Quattrocento , Bari: Adriatica, 1968.
  • El combate imaginario: Las cartas de batalla de Joanot Martorell , Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1972. (together with Mario Vargas Llosa )
  • Los trovadores , Barcelona: Planeta, 1975.
  • Heràldica catalana des de l'any 1150 al 1550 , Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1983.
  • Vida i aventures de don Pero Maça , Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1984.
  • Heráldica Castellana en tiempos de los Reyes Católicos , Quaderns Crema, 1986.
  • Estudios sobre el Amadís de Gaula , Barcelona: Sirmio, 1987.
  • Cervantes, Passamonte y Avellaneda , Barcelona: Sirmio, 1988.
  • Cervantes en Barcelona , Barcelona: Sirmio, 1989.
  • Aproximació al Tirant lo Blanc , Quaderns Crema, 1990
  • Tirant lo Blanch, Novela de historia y de ficción , Barcelona: Sirmio, 1992.
  • Les poesies del trobador Guillem de Berguedà , Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1996.
  • Quinze generacions d'una família catalana , Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1998.
  • Legend històriques catalanes , Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 2000.
  • Para leer a Cervantes , Barcelona: Acantilado, 2003.
  • Vida y amores de los trovadores y sus damas , Barcelona: Acantilado, 2004.

Editions of old works

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Muere Martí de Riquer
  2. ↑ Decreto de 14 de mayo de 1956 por el que se rehabilita, sin perjuicio de tercero de mejor derecho, el título de Conde de Casa Dávalos a favor de don Martín de Riquer y Morera ( Spanish , PDF; 35 kB) In: Boletín Oficial del Estado . June 11, 1956. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ Real Decreto 447/2005, de 18 de April, por el que se otorga la dignidad de Grande de España para unir al título de Conde de Casa Dávalos a don Martín de Riquer y Morera ( Spanish , PDF; 35 kB) In: Boletín Oficial del Estado . April 23, 2005. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ Member History: Martí de Riquer. American Philosophical Society, accessed January 24, 2019 (first name incorrect).
  5. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Riquer, Martí de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riquer i Morera, Martí de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish Romance studies, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 2013
Place of death Barcelona