Philologist Pedro Luis Barcia named Personalidad Emérita de la Cultura
26 October 2026
The Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación, which sits under the Presidency of Argentina, named the philologist and literary critic Pedro Luis Barcia a Personalidad Emérita de la Cultura. Culture Secretary Leonardo Cifelli presented the distinction at the Cúpula of the Palacio Libertad. Barcia was born in Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, in 1939 and holds a doctorate in Letras from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. He presided over the Academia Argentina de Letras from 2001 to 2013 and is a Miembro Correspondiente Americano of the Real Academia Española. His books include Prosas de Rafael Obligado, Shakespeare en la Argentina and Historia de la historiografía literaria argentina.
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Academia Argentina de Letras — Argentina's national academy for the Spanish language and its literature.
Real Academia Española — The Spanish Royal Academy, the body that sets the standards of the Spanish language.