Alfonso Reyes

Alfonso Reyes
Reyes in 1924
Born
Alfonso Reyes Ochoa

(1889-05-17)17 May 1889
Died27 December 1959(1959-12-27) (aged 70)
NationalityMexican
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupation(s)Writer, 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 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times[1] and has been acclaimed as one of the greatest authors in Spanish language. He served as ambassador of Mexico to Argentina and Brazil.

  1. ^ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 19 April 2017.