Miguel León-Portilla
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 6 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 22,1926 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Mexico City |
| Mexico | |
| Date of died | October 1,2019 |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Job | Anthropologist |
| Died | Mexico City |
| Mexico | |
| Spouse | Ascensión H. de León-Portilla |
| Education | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Children | María Luisa León-Portilla |
| Books | The Broken Spears |
| La Huída de Quetzalcóatl | |
| Los antiguos mexicanos a través de sus crónicas y cantares | |
| Trece poetas del mundo azteca | |
| Toltecáyotl, aspectos de la cultura náhuatl | |
| Previous position | Permanent Representative of Mexico to UNESCO (1987–1992) |
| Edited works | The Broken Spears |
| Erotica nahuatl | |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, Latin America & Caribbean |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1716509 |
Miguel León-Portilla Life story
Miguel León-Portilla was a Mexican anthropologist and historian, specializing in Aztec culture and literature of the pre-Columbian and colonial eras. Many of his works were translated to English and he was a well-recognized scholar internationally.