Rubén Bonifaz Nuño (12 November 1923 – 31 January 2013)
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, he studied law at the

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(UNAM) from 1934 to 1947. In 1960, he began lecturing in

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at the UNAM's Faculty of Philosophy and Literature and received a doctorate in Classics in 1970. Among his publications are translations of works by

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and others into Spanish; his translation of

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(1972–73) was particularly well received. He was a member of the

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since 1963 and was admitted to the Colegio Nacional in 1972.

Selected works

* ''El Ala del Tigre'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (1969) * ''Del Templo de Su Cuerpo'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (1993) * ''De Otro Modo, lo Mismo'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (1996) * ''Fuego de Pobres'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (2000) * ''Los Demonios y los Días'', Fondo de Cultura Económica (2010) * ''El Honor del Peligro'', Valparaíso (2013)

References

External links

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
( El Colegio Nacional)
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño: Brief biography

* ttp://www.los-poetas.com/poetas/bonifaz1.htm Rubén Bonifaz Nuño: Selected poetry Mexican male poets 1923 births 2013 deaths National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Latinists Members of the Mexican Academy of Language Members of El Colegio Nacional (Mexico) 20th-century Mexican poets 20th-century Mexican translators 20th-century Mexican male writers People from Córdoba, Veracruz National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico) {{Latinist-stub