Darío Villanueva

Darío Villanueva

Darío Villanueva in a round table discussion at the 2011 Valladolid International Film Festival.
Born (1950-06-05) 5 June 1950
Vilalba, Lugo, Spain
Occupation

Literary Critic

Literary Theorist
Professor
Writer
Language Spanish, Galician, English
Citizenship Spanish
Education

University of Santiago de Compostela

Years active 1973–present
Spouse María Ermitas Penas Varela
Children 2
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Darío Villanueva Prieto (born in Vilalba, June 5, 1950) is a Spanish literary theorist and critic, and is currently the Director of the Real Academia Española as of December 11, 2014. He has been a member of the Academia since 2007, and he occupies the chair corresponding to the letter D.

Villanueva is also a professor of Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he specializes in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature.

Biography

The son of an Asturian father and a Galician mother, Darío Villanueva grew up in Luarca, Asturias, where his father served as a judge. He later moved to Lugo, Galicia, where he completed his secondary schooling. In 1970, he relocated permanently to A Coruña.

In 1972, he obtained a degree in Romance Philology from the University of Santiago de Compostela with high honours, and in 1976, he received his doctorate cum laude in Hispanic Philology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Villanueva was the Secretary and later the Dean of the Faculty of Philology of the University of Santiago de Compostela from 1978 to 1990. In June 1994 he became Rector and in May 1998 he was re-elected for another four-year term.

Villanueva was also a visiting professor at Middlebury College in 1987, the University of Colorado in 1988 and 1993, and the University of Burgundy from 1989 to 1991.

He has received various awards, such as the Gold Medal from the Compostela Group of Universities, the National Order of Merit of Ecuador (2001), and the Castelao Medal from the Xunta de Galicia (2005). He is a member of the Xaime Quesada Blanco Foundation, created in 2007 by Jaime Quesada Porto.

Villanueva was Secretary of the Real Academia Española from December 2009 on. After José Manuel Blecua stepped down as Director, Villanueva was elected on December 11, 2014 (28 votes against 5). He began his rectorship on January 8, 2015.[1]

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 International Solidarity in the European Union. Their son José Francisco was born in 1984. He is a student of Business Management and Administration.[2]

Published Work

Critical Publications, Studies and Prologues

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fundación Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
  2. ↑ , Curriculum vitae de Darío Villanueva.
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