What is Ramón Xirau?
{{Infobox person | name = Ramón Xirau | image = Ramón Xirau en el sillón de su casa (cropped).jpg | caption = Xirau in 2011 | occupation = Poet, philosopher and literary critic }} '''Ramón Xirau Subías''' ({{IPA-es|raˈmon ʃiˈɾau|lang}}, {{IPA-ca|rəˈmoɲ ʃiˈɾaw|lang}}) (20 January 1924 – 27 July 2017) was a Spanish-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic.<ref>[http://www.uoc.edu/lletra/noms/rxirau/index.html Ramón Xirau at lletrA (UOC)] {{in lang|ca}}</ref> He was born in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]. == Recognitions == He received the [[Legion of Honour]] from France and the Isabel la Católica from Spain awards as well as the Cruz de Saint Jordi from the Generalitat of [[Catalonia]] for his works in essay and academics in Spanish and Catalan literature. He was a research faculty member of the UNAM y and the National System of Researchers. At the UNAM he taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature and did research at the Institute of Philosophy Research. He was a member of the [[Colegio Nacional (Mexico)|Colegio Nacional]] since 1973. Xirau died on 27 July 2017 of [[congestive heart failure]] in [[Mexico City]] at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.diariopresente.mx/mexico/fallece-el-poeta-y-filosofo-ramon-xirau/196129 Fallece el poeta y filósofo Ramón Xirau] {{in lang|es}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Xirau, Ramon}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Mexican poets]] [[Category:Literary critics]] [[Category:Writers from Barcelona]] [[Category:Writers from Mexico City]] [[Category:Spanish philosophers]]