Francisco Darío Villanueva Prieto (born 5 June 1950) is a Spanish
literary theorist
Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. Culler 1997, p.1 Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, mora ...
and
critic
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, and is the director of the
Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española) as of 11 December 2014. He has been a member of the academy since 2007, and he occupies the chair corresponding to the letter D.
Villanueva is also a professor of
philology
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at the
University of Santiago de Compostela
, established =
, type = Public
, budget = €228 million (2011)
, rector = Prof. Dr. Antonio López Díaz
, city = Santiago de Compostela
, state = Galicia
, country = Spain
, undergrad = 23,835
, postgrad = 1,716
, doctoral = 2,697
...
, where he specializes in
literary theory
Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. Culler 1997, p.1 Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, mo ...
and
comparative literature
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.
Biography
The son of an Asturian father and a Galician mother, Villanueva grew up in
Luarca
Luarca (Ḷḷuarca in Asturian and officially) is a parish and the principal town in the municipality of Valdés in Asturias, Spain.
Luarca (town) is a fishing and pleasure port. Luarca (parish) had a population of 4,670 (2021), and an area of ...
, Asturias, where his father served as a judge. He later moved to
Lugo
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, Galicia, where he completed his secondary schooling. In 1970, he relocated to
A Coruña.
In 1972, Villanueva obtained a good honours degree in
Romance
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philology
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from the University of Santiago de Compostela, and in 1976, he received his doctorate
cum laude
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in
Hispanic
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philology from the
Autonomous University of Madrid
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. He was the
secretary
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and later the
dean
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of the Faculty of Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela from 1978 to 1990. In June 1994, he became
rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
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and in May 1998 he was re-elected for another four-year term. He was also a visiting professor at
Middlebury College
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in 1987, at the
University of Colorado
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in 1988 and 1993, and at the
University of Burgundy
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from 1989 to 1991.
He has received various awards, such as the Gold Medal from the
Compostela Group of Universities
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, the
National Order of Merit of Ecuador in 2001, and the
Castelao Medal
The Castelao Medal (Galician: ''Medalla Castelao''), established in 1984, is one of the highest civil distinctions awarded in Galicia, surpassed only by the Medalla de Galicia. The award is presented by the Xunta de Galicia to honour the people a ...
from the
Xunta de Galicia
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in 2005. He is a member of the Xaime Quesada Blanco Foundation, created in 2007 by Jaime Quesada Porto.
Elected to the ''D'' seat of the
Real Academia Española
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on 5 July 2007, Villanueva began his post on 8 June 2008. He was secretary of the Real Academia Española from December 2009 on. After José Manuel Blecua stepped down as director, Villanueva was elected on 11 December 2014 (28 votes against 5). He began his directorship on 8 January 2015.
His works have continued to be published for more than forty years. Villanueva stands out for his work as a literary critic, and he writes regularly for the magazine ''El Cultural''.
He is married to María Ermitas Penas Varela, who is also a professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Santiago de Compostela. In 1978, their daughter Beatriz was born. She is a
licentiate of law and has a master's degree in which she focused on international
solidarity
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in the
European Union
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. Their son José Francisco was born in 1984. He is a student of
business management and administration.
Published work
* ''"El Jarama" de Sánchez Ferlosio. Su estructura y significado'', 1973, University of Santiago de Compostela, 167 pages. Corrected and revised second edition, Edition Reichenberger/University of Santiago de Compostela, Kassel/Santiago de Compostela, 1994, 252 pages.
* ''Estructura y tiempo reducido en la novela'', Editorial Bello, Valencia, 1977, 356 pages. Revised second edition, Editorial Anthropos, Barcelona, 1994, 447 pages.
* ''La novela lírica I. Azorín, Gabriel Miró y La novela lírica II''. Pérez de Ayala, Jarnés, Ediciones Taurus, Madrid, 1983, two volumes of 308 and 264 pages, respectively.
* ''El comentario de textos narrativos: La novela'', Ediciones Júcar/Ediciones Aceña, Madrid/Valladolid, 1989, 206 pages. Revised second edition, Ediciones Júcar, Gijón, 1992, 212 pages. Third edition, 1995, 212 pages.
* ''El polen de ideas. Teoría, Crítica, Historia y Literatura comparada'', Promociones y Publicaciones Universitarias, Barcelona, 1991, 406 pages.
* ''Trayectoria de la novela hispanoamericana actual'', Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1991, 453 pages. In collaboration with José María Viña Liste. In 1998, the Superior Council of Culture of the Arab Republic of Egypt published the Arab-language version of this work in Cairo, translated by Mohamed Abuelata Abdel Rauof, professor and dean of the Faculty of Al-Alsun at Ain Shams University in the Egyptian capital. This book has 527 pages.
* ''Teorías del realismo literario'', Instituto de España/Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 1992, 231 pages. English translation by Mihai I. Spariosu and Santiago García-Castañón, Theories of Literary Realism, State University of New York Press, Albany, 1997, 190 pages. Second edition in Spanish, corrected and improved, Biblioteca Nueva, Madrid, 2004, 253 pages.
* ''La poética de la lectura en Quevedo'', University of Manchester, 1995, vi + 46 pages. Second edition, corrected and improved, Siruela, Madrid, 2007, 141 pages.
* ''Retórica de la lectura y la comunicación periodísticas'', La Voz de Galicia, A Coruña, 1995, 51 pages.
* ''Cronología de la Literatura española, IV. Siglo XX (Primera parte''), Ediciones Cátedra, Madrid, 1997, 1236 pages. In collaboration with Margarita Santos Zas.
* ''Discurso do Rectorado (1994–2002),'' Consello Social da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2003, 438 pages.
* ''Valle-Inclán, novelista del modernismo'', Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2005, 198 pages.
* ''Da palabra no tempo. Estudos e ensaios de literatura'', Esapiral Maior/Auliga Ensaio, A Coruña, 2007, 319 pages.
* ''Imágenes de la ciudad. Poesía y cine, de Whitman a Lorca'', Literary essays from the professor Miguel Delibes, University of Valladolid, 2008, 286 pages. Corrected second edition, 2009.
* ''El Quijote antes del cinema''. Speech read, 8 June 2008, at a public reception by Hon. Mr. Dr. Darío Villanueva at the opposition of Hon. Mr. Dr. Pere Gimferrer, Real Academia Española, Madrid, 2008, 181 pages.
* ''Las fábulas mentirosas. Lectura, realidad, ficción'', Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, 2008, 211 pages.
* ''Después de la Galaxia Gutenberg y de la Galaxia McLuhan / After the Gutenberg Galaxy and the McLuhan Galaxy'', Bilingual edition with English translation by Robert Dewey, Society of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies, Philadelphia, 2008, 133 pages.
* ''Mario Vargas Llosa: La novela como literatura / Mario Vargas Llosa: The novel as literature'', Bilingual Edition, with English translation by Hope Doyle D'Ambrosio, Society of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, / Adler Enterprises LLC, Cincinnati, 2011, 210 pages.
* ''Quance, Roberta Ann. "Imágenes de la ciudad. Poesía y cine, de Whitman a Lorca'' (review)." The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 87.5 (2010): 633–635.
Critical publications, studies and prologues
* ''Edición y estudio de
Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literat ...
,
La colmena'', Ediciones Noguer, Barcelona, 1983, 400 pages. New edition, considerably extended, Vicens-Vives, Barcelona, 1996, 297 pages. First reprint, 1998; second, 2000 and third 2002. Second edition, corrected and expanded, 2004. First reprint, 2007.
* ''Edición crítica y estudio de
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (), was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented ...
,
Desde mi celda'', Editorial Castalia, Madrid, 1985, 218 pages. New edition, Editorial Castalia, Madrid, 1993.
* ''Edición y estudio de
Pío Baroja
Pío Baroja y Nessi (28 December 1872 – 30 October 1956) was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family. His brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew ...
,
Las inquietudes de Shanti Andía'', Editorial Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 1988, 18th edition, 346 pages. 32nd edition, Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 2007.
* ''Edición y estudio de
Ramón del Valle-Inclán
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán y de la Peña (in Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 28 October 1866 – Santiago de Compostela, 5 January 1936) was a Spanish dramatist, novelist and member of the Spanish Generation of 98. He is considered per ...
,
Sonata de invierno'', Círculo de lectores, Barcelona, 1990, 148 pages.
* ''Selección y estudio preliminar de
Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literat ...
''. Selected pages, Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1991, 288 pages.
* ''Edición y prólogo de
Emilia Pardo Bazán
Emilia Pardo Bazán y de la Rúa-Figueroa (16 September 185112 May 1921), countess of Pardo Bazán, was a Spanish novelist, journalist, literary critic, poet, playwright, translator, editor and professor. She is known for introducing naturalis ...
, Obras Completas I (Novelas)'', Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 1999, XXXIX + 826 pages. Work done in collaboration with José Manuel González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas II (Novelas),'' Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 1999, XXV + 905 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas III (Novelas)'', Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 1999, XXVIII + 963 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas IV (Novelas)'', Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 1999, XXV + 777 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas V (Novelas),'' Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 1999, XXIV + 745 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas VI (Novelas Cortas),'' Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 2002. XXVII + 965 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas VII (Cuentos),'' Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 2003, XXXIII + 410 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas VIII (Cuentos),'' Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 2005, XXIX + 841 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas IX (Cuentos)'', Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 2005, XXIX + 751 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Edición y prólogo de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Obras Completas X (Cuentos)'', Biblioteca Castro, Madrid, 2005, XXXVI + 738 pages. With J. M. González Herrán.
* ''Selección y prólogo de
Rafael Dieste
Rafael Dieste (Rianxo, 1899–Santiago de Compostela, 1981) was a Galician poet, philosopher, short-story writer, and dramatist writing mostly in Galician language, but also in Spanish language. He began to write with the encouragement of another ...
, Obras literarias, Colección Obra Fundamental'', Fundación Santander Central Hispano, Madrid, 2006, LV + 423 pages.
See also
*
Generation of '98 The Generation of '98 ( es, Generación del 98), also called Generation of 1898 ( es, Generación de 1898, links=no), was a group of novelists, poets, essayists, and philosophers active in Spain at the time of the Spanish–American War (1898), comm ...
*
Generation of '36
The Generation of '36 ( es, Generación del 36) is the name given to a group of Spanish artists, poets and playwrights who were working about the time of the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939).
The Generation of '36 was a literary movement that suff ...
*
List of Galician people
This is a list of famous Galician people.
Arts
* Delmi Álvarez, photographer
*Maruja Mallo (1902–1995), painter
* Mariano Grueiro (born 1975), activist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, artist
* Francisco Calvelo (born 1982), filmmaker
* Fe ...
*
Real Academia Española
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*
University of Santiago de Compostela
, established =
, type = Public
, budget = €228 million (2011)
, rector = Prof. Dr. Antonio López Díaz
, city = Santiago de Compostela
, state = Galicia
, country = Spain
, undergrad = 23,835
, postgrad = 1,716
, doctoral = 2,697
...
References
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1950 births
Living people
Members of the Royal Spanish Academy
Spanish literary critics
Philologists
Spanish people of Asturian descent
Spanish people of Galician descent
20th-century Spanish writers
21st-century Spanish writers
People from Valdés, Asturias
Writers from Asturias