Spanish language receives 10% of the Nobel prizes for literature

Jaime Labastida, director of the Mexican Academy of Language, said today that the Spanish, the language with 400 million speakers in round numbers, has received 10% of the Nobel Prize for Literature "11 out of 110", while the Portuguese, which has about 300 million speakers, only obtained a Nobel Prize for Literature, the Jose Saramago.

" Never mind that some are Spaniards and other Americans , they all belong and are expressed in the Spanish of the universe , in that sense the universal language is Spanish , my Spanish , my Mexican Spanish dialect contact me with the universe , the universe in a language that is in full expansion , "said the poet and editor.

During his participation in the second of three sessions that made ​​the Mexican Academy of Language as part of the celebrations of the third anniversary of the Royal Spanish Academy , Labastida did a review of the importance of Spanish in the world, provided data and estimates , raised thesis and said truths .

"Spanish is a universal language , not only by the number of its speakers , dispute with English being the second language in the world after Mandarin Chinese , Spanish is a universal language over other traits because on the global languages ​​on earth , more than 3000 in recent statistics , is a written language and has a great literature. only exist , as far as is presumed , 78 languages ​​, which have a writing system , alphabetical or not, between the thousands that populate the planet , "said the poet .

At the meeting held in the hall Manuel M. Ponce Palace of Fine Arts, where he also participated writers Philip Garrido and Gonzalo Celorio, scholars also number , Jaime Labastida said : "We therefore Spanish-speaking Americans , we are heirs to a hybrid culture that nevertheless seeks to integrate the global space of our planet " .

Meanwhile , Philip Garrido , who made "The history of the Association of Spanish Language Academies ," shared phrases , anecdotes and events in the year 1951 when Mexico created the Association of Academies in which he refused to join the Royal Spanish Academy and despite that , academies American subsidiaries were able to create a group that demanded autonomy and have a more horizontal to Spain .

Garrido , recalled that event that was hosted by President Miguel Aleman , involving among other scholars the writer Martin Luis Guzman , and where there were deep discussions .

The third of these sessions are organized by the Mexican Academy of Language, will be held on October 15 at 19 pm in the same room Manuel M. Ponce , involving five other academics : Vicente Quirarte , Adolfo Castanon , Hugo Gutiérrez Vega , Ruy Pérez Tamayo y Julieta Fierro, as moderator .