Ramón Xirau Subías (, ; 20 January 1924 – 26 July 2017) was a Spanish-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic.
In 1939, as the

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was coming to an end, Xirau emigrated to Mexico where he obtained Mexican citizenship in 1955. He obtained a

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in philosophy at the

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and an

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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

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from France and the

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from Spain awards as well as the

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from the Generalitat of

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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

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(Macmillan 1968, ).

Other selected works

* ''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)

References

1924 births 2017 deaths Philosophers from Catalonia Spanish philosophers Mexican philosophers Poets from Catalonia Spanish poets Mexican male poets Mexican male writers Members of El Colegio Nacional (Mexico) Spanish literary critics Mexican people of Catalan descent National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty Writers from Barcelona Spanish emigrants to Mexico {{Spain-philosopher-stub