Rubén Bonifaz Nuño (12 November 1923 – 31 January 2013)
/ref> was a Mexican poet and classical scholar. Born in Córdoba, Veracruz, he studied law at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

(UNAM) from 1934 to 1947. In 1960, he began lecturing in

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at the UNAM's Faculty of Philosophy and Literature and received a doctorate in Classics in 1970. Among his publications are translations of works by

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and others into Spanish; his translation of

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(1972–73) was particularly well received. He was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language since 1963 and was admitted to the Colegio Nacional in 1972.

Selected works

* ''El Ala del Tigre'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (1969) * ''Del Templo de Su Cuerpo'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (1993) * ''De Otro Modo, lo Mismo'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (1996) * ''Fuego de Pobres'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (2000) * ''Los Demonios y los Días'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (2010) * ''El Honor del Peligro'', Valparaíso (2013)

References

External links

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
( El Colegio Nacional)
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño: Brief biography

* ttp://www.los-poetas.com/poetas/bonifaz1.htm Rubén Bonifaz Nuño: Selected poetry {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonifaz Nuno, Ruben Mexican male poets 1923 births 2013 deaths National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Mexican translators Members of the Mexican Academy of Language Members of El Colegio Nacional (Mexico) 20th-century Mexican poets 20th-century translators 20th-century Mexican male writers