Showing posts with label AZTECS. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

LIVING LEGEND AWARD HONORS MEXICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST MIGUEL LEON-PORTILLA

FROM:  U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
A Celebration of Mexico: Honoring a “Living Legend”
November 21, 2013 by Erin Allen

Mexican anthropologist and historian Miguel León-Portilla is the newest recipient of the Library of Congress Living Legend Award for his work in studying the Náhuatl language and literature – the ancient, still-spoken tongue of the Aztecs. The award will be conferred upon León-Portill at the Library’s “Celebration of Mexico”on Dec. 12.

The Living Legend Award honors those who have made significant contributions to America’s diverse cultural, scientific and social heritage. León-Portilla is the world’s foremost authority on Náhuatl philology and philosophy. He has spearheaded an entire scholarly discipline to evaluate and understand Náhuatl literature and thought, extending from pre-Columbian times to the 1.5 million speakers of Náhuatl today. The language of the Aztecs, Náhuatl has been spoken in Central Mexico since at least the 7th century AD.

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