Instituto Caro y Cuervo
Encyclopedia
The Instituto Caro y Cuervo (Caro and Cuervo Institute) is an educative center specialized in Spanish literature
, philology
and linguistics
, oriented to research and promotion of the reading habits in Colombia
. This institute produces editions of Colombian authors and politics of preservation of the bibliographic national heritage. The institute was named after two of the main Colombian linguists, Miguel Antonio Caro
and Rufino José Cuervo
.
The Institute was created by orders of the Colombian government in 1942. Its first assignment was the creation of the Spanish language dictionary , yearly re-edited, which is recognized and used in all Latin America and Spain.
Caro y Cuervo has been recognized and awarded several times with important prizes such as the Prince of Asturias Awards
and the Bartolomé de las Casas
Prize during the Spanish Language Conference in Valladolid, Spain (2001).
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
and linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, oriented to research and promotion of the reading habits in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. This institute produces editions of Colombian authors and politics of preservation of the bibliographic national heritage. The institute was named after two of the main Colombian linguists, Miguel Antonio Caro
Miguel Antonio Caro
Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar was a Colombian scholar, poet, journalist, philosopher, orator, philologist, lawyer and politician.- Biographic data :Miguel Antonio Caro was born in Bogotá on November 10, 1845, and he died in the same city on August 5, 1909....
and Rufino José Cuervo
Rufino José Cuervo
Rufino José Cuervo Urisarri , was a Colombian writer, linguist and philologist.He studied Latin and Greek, but the main part of his work was dedicated to the study of the dialectal variations of Spanish spoken in Colombia...
.
The Institute was created by orders of the Colombian government in 1942. Its first assignment was the creation of the Spanish language dictionary , yearly re-edited, which is recognized and used in all Latin America and Spain.
Caro y Cuervo has been recognized and awarded several times with important prizes such as the Prince of Asturias Awards
Prince of Asturias Awards
The Prince of Asturias Awards are a series of annual prizes awarded in Spain by the Prince of Asturias Foundation to individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs....
and the Bartolomé de las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de las Casas O.P. was a 16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians"...
Prize during the Spanish Language Conference in Valladolid, Spain (2001).
See also
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