Yesterday, it was 11 years ago, that died Fernando Lázaro Carreter, a famous Spanish philologist.
Lázaro Carreter was born, in Zaragoza, in 1923 and he died in Madrid.
He was a philologist, teacher of Spanish and Director of the Royal Spanish Academy, in 1992-1998.
Fernando studied Baccalaureate, in the "Goya" Institute of Zaragoza and, there, he discovered his love for literature, from the hand of Jose Manuel Blecua (a teacher who, later, would be a Professor of Spanish Literature, at the University of Barcelona).
He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of Zaragoza and, later, he studied "Romanic Philology", at the University of Madrid.
In 1947, he finished his PhD (Doctorate), at the University, under the Direction of Damaso Alonso.
He was also Professor of General Grammar and Literary Criticism, at the University of Salamanca, in 1949. He was Dean of his Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.
In 1971, he joined the Autonomous University of Madrid, as Full Professor of Spanish Language.
From 1978 to 1988, he is Full Professor, at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Lazaro Carreter was retired, as Professor of Literary Theory, in 1988.
He taught, as a visiting teacher, at universities in France, Germany and the United States. And, as an associate teacher, at the Sorbonne.
He joined his philological knowledge, with his interest in Journalism, the Advisory Board of Style, Department of Spanish Urgent, in EFE, of which he is a founding member. Participates in the drafting of the Manual of Urgent Spanish in 1976.
Since 1972, he takes up the “R” armchair of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he was its Director, from 1992 to 1998.
Then, he is worried, especially, to finance the institution, with the creation of the Foundation for the Royal Spanish Academy, in 1993.
I have found a video, with a small interview, to Fernando Lázaro Carreter, where you can see how much he was obsessed with the proper use of the Spanish. If you want to see the video, please click below:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/personajes-en-el-archivo-de-rtve/muere-fernando-lazaro-carreter-2004/1322997/
(This video happened on March – 4 – 2004)
Ana Blanco (Anchor in TVE): ” Today, moreover, it is a mourning day, for Spanish Language”
Josep Puigbó (Anchor in TVE): “Yes, cause of the death, this dawn, in Madrid, of the linguist and Academic, from Aragon, Fernando Lázaro Carreter, by a multiple organ failure. He was 80 years old and was, during 7, the Royal Academy of Language. He stressed, in many areas of Letters, from books to articles; but, the obsession, that scored all his life, was the fight against the misuse of the Spanish. His articles, in press, which were dubbed as "darts", by him, was a constant complaint against evil speaking by journalists and politicians. In his last interview, assigned to Spanish Television, Lazaro Carreter launched a "dart" against the tendency to use "ticks", instead of using synonyms”.
Fernando Lázaro Carreter: “Now, for example, I do not know who came up with the stupidity that "homework", "homework done". It is well that infantile "tick" ....., who invented it..., but it was a funny metaphor; but, now, to see a lord Minister, who says: "I am going on vacation with the homework done" .... Look .... Go away to walk !, but not on vacation”.
Well, I think this video is interesting, because Lázaro Carreter, gives the Spanish language the importance, that it has –above all, now when we are 500 million speakers of Spanish, all over the world--.
Until my next post, kind regards,
Luis.
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