José Manuel Blecua Teijeiro ( Alcolea de Cinca,

Huesca Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish Huesca (province), ...

, 10 November 1913 –

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, 8 March 2003) was a Spanish

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

, professor of

Spanish Literature Spanish literature is literature ( Spanish poetry, prose, and drama) written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the Kingdom of Spain. Its development coincides and frequently intersects with that of other ...

at the

University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...

and a member of the

Royal Spanish Academy The Royal Spanish Academy (, ; ) 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 national language academies in 22 other Hispanophon ...

. He took his bachelor's degree at the College of Saint Thomas Aquinas in

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

, under the tutelage of Miguel Labordeta. At the

University of Zaragoza The University of Zaragoza, sometimes referred to as Saragossa University () is a public university with teaching campuses and research centres spread over the three provinces of Aragon (Spain). Founded in 1542, it is one of the List of oldest u ...

he studied Law and Philosophy. He was a teacher for twenty years at the Cuevas Institute in Almanzora and, later, at the Goya Institute in Zaragoza. In 1959, he moved to the

Universidad de Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...

, where he was one of the founders of the Spanish Philological Institute. He wrote his doctoral thesis on ''El Cancionero de 1628'', a long poem by . Blecua specialized in poetry and literature from the "

Siglo de Oro The Spanish Golden Age (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Siglo de Oro'', , "Golden Century"; 1492 – 1681) was a period of literature and the The arts, arts in Spain that coincided with the political rise of the Spanish Empire under the Catholic M ...

". He published many works on that period and produced a monumental critical edition of the poetry of

Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Order of Santiago, Knight of the Order of Santiago (; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, ...

. He also edited a major anthology of Spanish Renaissance poetry. In 1993, he was awarded the seventh

Menéndez Pelayo International Prize The Menéndez Pelayo International Prize has been awarded since 1987 by the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) with the objective of honoring those persons whose literary or scientific work has a humanistic orientation and application, ...

. An institute in Zaragoza has been named after him.

Selected works

* ''Los Pájaros en la Poesía Española'' Hispanica (1943) * ''Las Flores en la Poesía Española'' Hispanica (1944) * ''Preceptiva Literaria y Nociones de Gramática Histórica'', Aula (1944) * ''Historia General de la Literatura'', Librería General (1944) * ''El Mar en la Poesía Española'' Hispanica (1945) * ''Lengua Española'', Librería General (1959) * ''Los Géneros Literarios y su Historia'', Librería General (1961) * ''Historia y Textos de la Literatura Española'', Librería General (1963) * ''Sobre Poesía de la Edad de Oro: Ensayos y Notas Eruditas'', Gredos (1970) * ''Lingüística y Significacíon'', Salvat (1973) * ''Sobre el Rigor Poético en España y Otros Ensayos'', Ariel (1977) * ''Homenajes y Otras Labores'', Institución Fernando el Católico (1990)

References

External links

Dialectus: Diario de un Académico de Provincias, by Antonio Viudas Camarasa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blecua Teijeiro, Jose Manuel Spanish literary critics 1913 births 2003 deaths Academic staff of the University of Barcelona University of Zaragoza alumni People from Cinca Medio 20th-century Spanish philologists