Fernando Lázaro Carreter (April 13, 1923 – March 4, 2004) was a Spanish

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

and literary critic. Carreter worked to improve the way the

Spanish language Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ...

is spoken and written, and penned the hugely popular 1997 book (''The Dart in the Word''), a collection of articles he wrote on linguistic gaffes in the media. Lázaro Carreter was a member, occupying the Seat ''R'', of the prestigious

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 ...

(), the language's official referee, from 1972 until his death, and was its president for seven years, 1991–1998. He taught at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He died on 4 March 2004 in Madrid at aged 80 from a

multiple organ failure Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring immediate medical intervention. There are different stages of organ dysfunction for certain different organs, both in acute and in chronic ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazaro Carreter, Fernando 1923 births 2004 deaths Spanish essayists Spanish male writers Spanish literary critics Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Madrid Spanish male essayists Deaths from multiple organ failure 20th-century essayists 20th-century Spanish linguists 21st-century Spanish linguists 20th-century Spanish journalists Complutense University of Madrid alumni