Fernando Lázaro Carreter

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Fernando Lázaro Carreter
Lárazo Carreter in 1994
Born	(1923-04-13)13 April 1923 Zaragoza, Spain
Died	13 March 2004(2004-03-13) (aged 80) Madrid, Spain
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid University of Zaragoza
Occupation(s)	Linguist, journalist and literary critic
Employers	Complutense University of Madrid University of Salamanca Autonomous University of Madrid Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg University of Texas at Austin University of Toulouse
Organization	Colegio Libre de Eméritos


Seat R of the Real Academia Española
In office 11 June 1972^[a] – 13 March 2004
Preceded by	Luis Martínez Kléiser [es]
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

Fernando Lázaro Carreter (April 13, 1923 – March 4, 2004) was a Spanish linguist, journalist and literary critic.

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]

Notes

^ Elected on 13 January 1972

References

^ "Fernando Lázaro Carreter - letra R". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ "Muere Fernando Lázaro Carreter, ex director de la Real Academia Española". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 4 March 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ Mora, Rosa (5 March 2004). "Muere Lázaro Carreter, el maestro del español". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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Real Academia Española seat R

Juan Curiel (1714)
Antonio Mateos Murillo (1775)
Ramón Cabrera y Rubio (1814)
José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas (1814)
Javier de Burgos (1830)
Juan Donoso Cortés (1848)
Rafael María Baralt (1853)
Tomás Rodríguez Rubí (1860)
Antonio María Fabié (1891)
Ángel María Dacarrete^[1]
José Canalejas y Méndez^[2]
Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa^[3]
Juan Gualberto López-Valdemoro de Quesada (1924)
Enrique Díez Canedo (1935)
Luis Martínez Kléiser (1946)
Fernando Lázaro Carreter (1972)
Javier Marías (2008)
Javier Cercas (2024)

^[1] He was elected in 1900 but never took the seat; ^[2] He was elected in 1904 but never took the seat; ^[3] He was elected in 1918 but never took the seat

Directors of the Real Academia Española

Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco (1713)
Mercurio López Pacheco (1725)
Andrés Fernández Pacheco (1738)
Juan López Pacheco (1746)
José de Carvajal y Lancáster (1751)
Fernando de Silva (1754)
José Joaquín de Silva-Bazán (1776)
Pedro de Silva y Sarmiento de Alagón (1802)
Ramón Cabrera y Rubio (1814)
José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas (1814)
José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán (1814)
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa (1839)
Ángel de Saavedra (1862)
Mariano Roca de Togores (1865)
Juan de la Pezuela y Cevallos (1875)
Alejandro Pidal y Mon (1906)
Antonio Maura (1913)
Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1926)
José María Pemán (1939)
Francisco Rodríguez Marín (1940)
Miguel Asín Palacios (1943)
José María Pemán (1944)
Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1947)
Vicente García de Diego (1965)^[1]
Dámaso Alonso (1968)
Pedro Laín Entralgo (1982)
Rafael Lapesa (1987)^[2]
Manuel Alvar (1988)
Fernando Lázaro Carreter (1991)
Víctor García de la Concha (1998)
José Manuel Blecua Perdices (2010)
Darío Villanueva (2015)
Santiago Muñoz Machado (2019)

^[1] Accidental; ^[2] Interim

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