Carlos Melendez Chaverri

Background

Melendez was the son of Saturnino Lizano and Chaverri Orfilia Chacon. His father Don Saturnino moved the Melendez family then moved to Limon, where he finished his primary education at the School Tomás Guardia.

Education

He began his primary studies at the Escuela Argentina, and continued them at the Central School of Puntarenas. His father Don Saturnino moved the Melendez family then moved to Limon, where he finished his primary education at the School Tomás Guardia. After spending a year in that province, the family returned to Hall where he entered the Ecole Normale de Costa Rica, being a student of renowned professors such as Fernando Vargas Fernández Gámez Solano Uladislaus "Don Lalo" and Marco Tulio Salazar Salazar.

On 13 December 1946, Carlos Melendez concluded secondary education, having passed exams in high school.

He earned a Bachelor in Literature and Philosophy with a major in History and Geography in 1952 at the University of Costa Rica.

Career

Historical research conducted in 1965 in Guatemala City, with a grant from the Organization of American States in 1973 and lived in Spain as the scholarship, for research in the Archivo de Indias in Seville, the Historical Archive and the National Academy of History in Madrid.

Achievements

• He won the Magón National Prize for Culture in 1993.