Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (29 March 1922 – 21 July 2020) was a Spanish Hellenist, linguist and translator. He worked most of his career at the Complutense University of Madrid. He was a member of the Real Academia Española and Real Academia de la Historia.
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 March 1922 Salamanca, Spain |
| Died | 21 July 2020 (aged 98) Madrid, Spain |
| Education | University of Salamanca Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist, translator, historian |
| Years active | 1949–2020 |
| Known for | Hellenist studies and translations |
| Awards | Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas (2012) |
| Seat d of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 28 April 1991 – 21 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Dámaso Alonso |
| Succeeded by | Dolores Corbella Díaz |
Life
editRodríguez Adrados was born on 29 March 1922 in Salamanca.[1] He studied classical philology at the University of Salamanca, where he obtained a degree in 1944. He later obtained a doctorate in classical philology from the Complutense University of Madrid. Rodríguez Adrados became a teacher of Greek at the Instituto Cardenal Cisneros in Madrid in 1949. Two years later, he became a professor at the University of Barcelona and the next year, he moved to the Complutense University of Madrid, where he worked until his retirement.[2] He worked as a translator of Ancient Greek and Sanskrit texts.[1] He was considered to be an expert on Ancient Greek.[3][4]
Rodríguez Adrados died on 21 July 2020 in Madrid, aged 98.[5]
Awards and honors
editFor his work on the Diccionario Griego-Español, Rodríguez Adrados received the Prize of the Aristotle Onassis Foundation in 1989.[6]
He was elected to Seat d of the Real Academia Española on 21 June 1990, he took up his seat on 28 April 1991.[1] Four years later he became a corresponding member of the Academia Argentina de Letras.[2][7] He was elected a foreign member of the Academy of Athens in 2003.[8]
Rodríguez Adrados was elected to medalla nº 3 of the Real Academia de la Historia on 23 May 2003 and took up his seat on 22 February 2004.[2] In 2012, he won the Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas.[6] In 2014, he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Panama.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Francisco Rodríguez Adrados" (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "D. Francisco Rodríguez Adrados" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Rodríguez Adrados afirma que existe un cierto menosprecio por la lengua y la literatura". El País (in Spanish). 29 April 1991. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ Miguel Ángel Trenas (1 May 1991). "Francisco Rodríguez Adrados: la cultura de la imagen abruma al ciudadano" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Muere Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, gran filólogo y académico de la RAE" (in Spanish). ABC. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas 2012" (in Spanish). ABC. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Nómina de los académicos correspondientes residentes en el extranjero" (in Spanish). Academia Argentina de Letras. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Members of the Second Section". Academy of Athens. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.