Félix de Azúa
Spanish writer and academic
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Félix de Azúa Comella (Barcelona, 30 April 1944) is a Spanish professor of aesthetics and philosophy, poet, novelist, essayist and translator, member of Real Academia Española.
Born
30 April 1944
Félix de Azúa Comella
30 April 1944
Barcelona, Spain
Preceded byMartí de Riquer i Morera
Félix de Azúa | |
|---|---|
| Born | Félix de Azúa Comella 30 April 1944 Barcelona, Spain |
| Seat H of the Real Academia Española | |
| Assumed office 13 March 2016[a] | |
| Preceded by | Martí de Riquer i Morera |
He taught Spanish literature at the University of Oxford from 1979 to 1981.[1] He was director of the Institut Cervantes in Paris. With Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, José Ángel Valente, Antonio Gamoneda, Pere Gimferrer, Julián Ríos and others, he is part of the generation of writers who revived democratic Spain.
He was elected to Seat H of the Real Academia Española on 18 June 2015; he took up his seat on 13 March 2016.[2]
Notes
- Elected on 18 June 2015
