Ramón Xirau

He was a research faculty member of the UNAM y and the National System of Researchers. At the UNAM he taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature and did research at the Institute of Philosophy Research. He was a member of the Colegio Nacional since 1973. Xirau received the Legion of Honour from France and the Isabel la Católica from Spain awards as well as the Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat of Catalonia for his works in essay and academics in Spanish and Catalan literature. He also received the Elías Sourasky and the Premio Universidad Nacional awards at the UNAM. Professor Xirau is mostly known in the English speaking world as the co-author of The Nature of Man along with Erich Fromm (Macmillan 1968).

Ramón Xirau studied at Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM. The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. Employment is recorded with National Autonomous University of Mexico. Work by Ramón Xirau is recorded in the collections of Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Saint George's Cross, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit.

• Name — Ramón Xirau Subías • Born — 20 January 1924 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 26 July 2017 • School Tradition — Existentialism • Main Interests — Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, time, phenomenology, ontology Ramón Xirau Subías (lang, lang; 20 January 1924 – 26 July 2017) was a Catalan-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic. In 1939, as the Spanish Civil War was coming to an end, Xirau emigrated to Mexico where he obtained Mexican citizenship in 1955. He obtained a Master's Degree in philosophy at the UNAM and an honorary doctorate from the Universidad de las Américas. He was a research faculty member of the UNAM y and the National System of Researchers. At the UNAM he taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature and did research at the Institute of Philosophy Research. He was a member of the Colegio Nacional since 1973. Xirau received the Legion of Honour from France and the Isabel la Católica from Spain awards as well as the Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat of Catalonia for his works in essay and academics in Spanish and Catalan literature. He also received the Elías Sourasky and the Premio Universidad Nacional awards at the UNAM. Professor Xirau is mostly known in the English speaking world as the co-author of The Nature of Man along with Erich Fromm (Macmillan 1968).

• Palabra y Silencio, Siglo XXI (1968) • Tiempo Vivido: Acerca de Estar, Siglo XXI (1985) • Entre la Poesía y el Conocimiento: Antología de Ensayos Críticos Sobre Poetas y Poesía Iberoamericanos, Fondo de Cultura Económica (2004) • Introducción a la Historia de la Filsofía, UNAM (2009) • Genio y Figura de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Tercera edición), El Colegio Nacional (2019)