Ángel María Garibay K.

Bust of Garibay Kintana in Tenancingo, Mexico.

Fray Ángel María Garibay Kintana (June 18, 1892– October 19, 1967) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest, philologist, linguist, historian, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, specifically of the Nahua peoples of the central Mexican highlands. He is particularly noted for his studies and translations of conquest-era primary source documents written in Classical Nahuatl, the lingua franca of Postclassic central Mexico and the then-dominant Aztec empire. Alongside his former student Miguel León-Portilla, Garibay ranks as one of the pre-eminent Mexican authorities on the Nahuatl language and its literary heritage, and as one who has made a significant contribution towards the promotion and preservation of the indigenous cultures and languages of Mexico.

See also

Ángel María Garibay Kintana Square in Toluca de Lerdo. 2014.

References

Torres, Víctor Manuel Hernández (2004). "Ángel María Garibay Kintana: La vida sencilla" (online edition, Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico). In Alberto Saladino García (ed.). Humanismo mexicano del siglo XX, vol. I (in Spanish). Toluca: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. pp. 281–292. ISBN 968-835-853-3. OCLC 60346764. 


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