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Fernando Lázaro Carreter (April 13, 1923 – March 4, 2004) was a Spanish linguist, journalist and literary critic.
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Fernando Lázaro Carreter | |
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Born | Zaragoza, Spain | 13 April 1923
Died | 13 March 2004 80) Madrid, Spain | (aged
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Occupation(s) | Linguist, journalist and literary critic |
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Seat R of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 11 June 1972[lower-alpha 1] – 13 March 2004 | |
Preceded by | Luis Martínez Kléiser |
Succeeded by | Javier Marías |
Director of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 5 December 1991 – 2 December 1998 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Alvar |
Succeeded by | Víctor García de la Concha |
Carreter worked to improve the way the Spanish language is spoken and written, and penned the hugely popular 1997 book El Dardo en la Palabra (The Dart in the Word), a collection of articles he wrote on linguistic gaffes in the media. Lázaro Carreter was a member, occupying the Seat R, of the prestigious Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española), the language's official referee, from 1972 until his death,[1] and was its president for seven years, 1991–1998.[2] He taught at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
He died on 4 March 2004 in Madrid at aged 80 from a multiple organ failure.[3]
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