Alfonso Reyes

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Alfonso Reyes
Reyes in 1924
Born
Alfonso Reyes Ochoa

(1889-05-17)17 May 1889
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Died27 December 1959(1959-12-27) (aged 70)
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
OccupationsWriter, philosopher and diplomat
Employer(s)La Casa de España, El Colegio de México, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, El Colegio Nacional
Known forAmbassador
SpouseManuela Mota Gómez
ChildrenAlfonso Bernardo Reyes Mota
FatherBernardo Reyes
AwardsPremio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes (Literature & Linguistics); Honorary Doctorate (Princeton University, La Sorbona, University of California Berkeley)

Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 – 27 December 1959) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of the greatest authors in the Spanish language. He served as ambassador of Mexico to Argentina and Brazil.


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