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Miguel León Portilla

Miguel León Portilla was a Mexican anthropologist, historian, diplomat, linguist, philosopher and docent (1926–2019). He was born at Mexico City.

Also recorded as Miguel Leon Portilla.

Miguel León Portilla in brief

Born
1926
Died
2019
Known for
anthropologist, historian, diplomat, linguist, philosopher, docent and writer
Place of birth
Mexico City
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Miguel Leon Portilla. His recorded language was Spanish.

He married Ascensión Hernández Triviño.

Career and activity

Miguel León Portilla worked in anthropology, history, Aztec philosophy and Nahuatl literature.

He was employed by National Autonomous University of Mexico. He belonged to National Academy of Sciences, Colegio Nacional, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, Mexican Academy of History and Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas.

Recognition and collections

Miguel León Portilla received Guggenheim Fellowship, National Prize for Arts and Sciences, Library of Congress Living Legend, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor and honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala. Work by Miguel León Portilla is held by Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

Catalogued works

45 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1956 to 2006.

The Broken Spears. Il rovescio della Conquista. Herencia cultural en México. Pehualoqueh intlachializ totlahtol itechpa yaoyotl ihuicpa caxtiltecah. Cartografía y crónicas de la antigua California. I͡Azyk prava i pravo i͡azyka. ¿Nuestros dioses han muerto? Poésie nahuatl d'amour et d'amitié. Los antiguos mexicanos a través de sus crónicas y cantares. Memoria. Teatro náhuatl. Centralismo e historia. Monarquía indiana. Mapa de México Tenochtitlan y sus contornos hacia 1550. Tres poetas prehispánicos en Puebla. Poesías nahuas. Mesoamerica 1492, and on the eve of 1992. Los franciscanos vistos por el hombre náhuatl. El Tonalámatl de los pochtecas. Siete ensayos sobre cultura náhuatl. Un catecismo náhuatl en imágenes. La filosofía náhuatl estudiada en sus fuentes. Civilizaciones originarias. Raíces indígenas, presencia hispánica. Angel María Garibay. Pueblos originarios y globalización. Visión de los vencidos. Pre-Columbian literatures of Mexico. La filosofía náhuatl, dated 1956. Los manifiestos en náhuatl de Emiliano Zapata, dated 1978. La formación del otro. Literaturas indígenas de México, dated 1992. Rückkehr der Götter. Aztec thought and culture, dated 1963. Tonantzin Guadalupe. Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World. Los antiguos mexicanos, dated 1974. DE TEOTIHUACÁN A LOS AZTECAS. Ḥazon ha-menutsaḥim. Animales del Nuevo Mundo (Nuestras Voces) (Spanish Edition). Recordación de Francisco Xavier Clavijero. La filosofía náhuatl estudiada en sus fuentes / Miguel de León Portilla ; prólogo de Angel Ma Garibay K., dated 1959, held by Wellcome Collection. Pre-Columbian literatures of Mexico / by Miguel León Portilla ; translated from the Spanish by Grace Lobanov and the author., dated [1969], held by Wellcome Collection. Aztec thought and culture : a study of the ancient Nahuatl mind / by Miguel León Portilla ; translated from the Spanish by Jack Emory Davis., dated 1963, held by Wellcome Collection. The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico, dated [2006], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Miguel León-Portilla, Egohistorias, 1993. Miguel León-Portilla, 2019. "Perú y México. Sus vidas paralelas". Exposición de Miguel León-Portilla, doctor honoris causa de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Anthropologica, 2003. Obituary for Dr. Miguel León-Portilla, Ethnohistory, 2020. Maestro de maestros: Miguel León-Portilla (1926-2019), Zama, 2020. Tiempo y realidad en el pensamiento maya, de Miguel León-Portilla, Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, 1969. Joseph Marius Alexis Aubin, Memorias sobre la pintura didáctica y la escritura figurativa de los antiguos mexicanos, edición e introducción de Patrice Giasson, traducción de Francisco Zaballa y Patrice Giasson, presentación de Miguel León Portilla, México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2002, 121 pp., Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2005. Ascensión y Miguel León-Portilla. "Las primeras gramáticas del Nuevo Mundo". México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2009. 152 pp., Fronteras de la Historia, 2011. Edmundo O'Gorman y la polémica de la historia, Iztapalapa, 2019. Sobre la lengua pericú de la Baja California, Anales de Antropología, 2009. Presentación, Anales de Antropología, 2017. Palabras de Miguel León-Portilla, al Recibir la Medalla “Belisario Domínguez” el 7 de Octubre de 1995, Iuris Tantum, 1996. Arte mexicano. De sus orígenes a nuestros días, de Justino Fernández, Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, 1960.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

León Portilla, Miguel. La Filosofía Náhuatl Estudiada En Sus Fuentes [ocr] [2006] (2006) — Internet Archive. Broken Spears The Aztec Account Of The Conquest Of Mexico (1962) — Internet Archive. León Portilla, M. Literaturas Indígenas De México [1992] (1992) — Internet Archive. ritos, sacerdotes y atavios de los dioses (1958) — Internet Archive. Historia Documental De Mexico Tomo 1 (2013) — Internet Archive. Diccionario Porrúa de Historia, Biografía y Geografía de México. Tomo III (1995) — Internet Archive. Coloquios y doctrina cristiana con que los doce frailes de San Francisco, enviados por el Papa Adriano Sexto y el Emperador Carlos Quinto, convirtieron a los indios de la Nueva España, en lengua mexicana y española. Los diálogos de 1524 según el texto de Fray Bernardino de Sahagún y sus colaboradores indígenas (1986) — Internet Archive. León Portilla, Miguel. Tiempo Y Realidad En El Pensamiento Maya [ocr] [1993] (1993) — Internet Archive. León Portilla, Miguel. Crónicas Indígenas. Visión De Los Vencidos [EPL FS] [2024] (2024) — Internet Archive. Literaturas indígenas de México (2017) — Internet Archive. León Portilla, Miguel. Crónicas Indígenas. Visión De Los Vencidos [ocr] [1988] (1988) — Internet Archive. Quetzalcoatl (1968) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Miguel León Portilla studied at National Autonomous University of Mexico. the recorded working language is Spanish.

The field of work recorded is anthropology, history and Aztec philosophy.

Employment is recorded with National Autonomous University of Mexico. Membership is recorded of National Academy of Sciences, Colegio Nacional and Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.

Works named in the authority record are The Broken Spears.

Work by Miguel León Portilla is recorded in the collections of Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, National Prize for Arts and Sciences, Library of Congress Living Legend and honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense.

Chronology

  1. 1926Miguel León Portilla born at Mexico City.
  2. 1958ritos, sacerdotes y atavios de los dioses digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1962Broken Spears The Aztec Account Of The Conquest Of Mexico digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1992León Portilla, M. Literaturas Indígenas De México [1992] digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1995Diccionario Porrúa de Historia, Biografía y Geografía de México. Tomo III digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2006León Portilla, Miguel. La Filosofía Náhuatl Estudiada En Sus Fuentes [ocr] [2006] digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2013Historia Documental De Mexico Tomo 1 digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2019Miguel León Portilla died at Mexico City.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Miguel León-Portilla”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2449906: Miguel León Portilla

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