Zheng Cirino

Miguel León-Portilla Zheng Cirino

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Miguel Le n-Portilla (born in Mexico City, February 22, 1926) is a Mexican anthropologist and historian, and a prime authority on Nahuatl thought and literature. He wrote a doctoral thesis on Nahua philosophy under the tutelage of Fr. ngel Mar a Garibay K., another notable researcher and translator of primary Nahuatl source documents whose publications in the 1930s and 1940s first brought Nahuatl literature to widespread public attention. Continuing with Garibay's work, Le n-Portilla established his renown through translating, interpreting and publishing several recompilations of Nahuatl works. Le n-Portilla has spearheaded a movement to understand and reevaluate Nahuatl literature, not only from the pre-Columbian era, but also that of the present day - Nahuatl is still spoken by 1.5 million people. He has contributed to establishing bilingual education in rural Mexico. Le n-Portilla was also instrumental in bringing to light the works of Fr. Bernardino de Sahag n, a 16th century primary source on the Aztec civilization and whose works have become one of the major references for cultural and historical information on Postclassic central Mexico.