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Ángel María Garibay K.

Illustration — Bust of Garibay Kintana in Tenancingo, State of Mexico. Fray Ángel María Garibay Kintana (18 June 1892 – 19 October 1967) was a Mexican Catholic priest, philologist, linguist, historian, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, specifically of the Nahua peoples of the central Mexican highlands. He is particularly noted for his studies and translations of conquest-era primary source documents written in Classical Nahuatl, the lingua franca of Postclassic central Mexico and the then-dominant Aztec empire.

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Ángel María Garibay K.

Bust of Angel Maria Garibay Kintana at the atrium of the Francis of Assisi parish in Tenancingo, Mexico State, Mexico

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Full name
Ángel María Garibay Kintana.
Born
1892. · Toluca de Lerdo.
Died
1967. · Mexico City.
Nationality
Mexico.
Occupation
linguist, translator, catholic priest, poet, mesoamericanist and historian.
Honours
National Prize for Arts and Sciences and Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Languages
Spanish.

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Illustration — Bust of Garibay Kintana in Tenancingo, State of Mexico. Fray Ángel María Garibay Kintana (18 June 1892 – 19 October 1967) was a Mexican Catholic priest, philologist, linguist, historian, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, specifically of the Nahua peoples of the central Mexican highlands. He is particularly noted for his studies and translations of conquest-era primary source documents written in Classical Nahuatl, the lingua franca of Postclassic central Mexico and the then-dominant Aztec empire.

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