Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
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Rubén Bonifaz Nuño (b. 12 November 1923) is a Mexican poet and classical scholar.
Born in Córdoba, Veracruz, he studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he later taught Latin. He received a doctorate in Classics in 1970. Among his publications are translations of works by Catullus, Propertius, Ovid, Lucretius and other into Spanish; his translation of Vergil's Aeneid (1972-73) was particularly well received.
He has been a member of the Mexican Academy of Language since 1963 and was admitted to the Colegio Nacional in 1972.
