The Academia Boliviana de la Lengua (Spanish for ''Bolivian Academy of Language'') is an association of academics and experts on the use of the
Spanish language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...
in
Bolivia
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. It is a member of the
Association of Spanish Language Academies.
The academy was founded in
La Paz
La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...
on August 25, 1927,
by a group of linguists and writers, including Víctor Muñoz Reyes (the minister of industry and finance at the time) and Francisco Iraizós y Rosendo Villalobos (named as the academy's first director). Other founding members included
Hernando Siles (Bolivia's president at the time), Félix del Granado (the father of the future poet laureate and influential academic
Javier del Granado
Don (honorific), Don Francisco Javier del Granado y Granado (27 February 1913 – 15 May 1996), was a poet laureate and favorite son of Bolivia.
Biography
Born into an aristocratic family with a rich literary pedigree, he spent most of his you ...
), Ricardo Mujía, and Florián Zambrana. Other distinguished members throughout the academy's history include Enrique Kempff Mercado and Porfirio Díaz Machicao, who also served as director from 1957 to 1975.
See also
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Bolivian literature
The constant political turmoil that Bolivia has experienced throughout its history has slowed the development of Bolivian literature. Many talents have had to emigrate or were silenced by the internal conflict. In recent years the literature of Bo ...
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Royal Spanish Academy
The Royal Spanish Academy ( es, Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with ...
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Association of Spanish Language Academies
External links
Official site (in Spanish only)
References
Spanish language academies
Bolivian culture
Organizations established in 1927
1927 establishments in Bolivia
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