Background
CHACÓN Y CALVO, José María was born on October 29, 1893 in Santa Maria del Rosario, Cuba.
CHACÓN Y CALVO, José María was born on October 29, 1893 in Santa Maria del Rosario, Cuba.
Secretary, 1918-1926, secretary of embassy, 1926-1934, 1936-1937. Chief, cultural bureau, ministry of edn., 1934-1935, 1937-1945. Founder, Revista Cubana, 1934.
Delegate, 26th International Congress of Americanists, Seville, 1935, and elected vice-president of executive committee. President, Cuban delegation, Interamerican Assembly of Ministers and Dirs. of Education, Panama, 1943. Visiting professor., Middlebury College, Vermont., 1944.
Professor, and dean, school of letters, University Católica, since 1946. Doctor of Law and Ph.D., University de La Habana.
Member: Ateneo de La Habana (president), Academy Nacional de Artes y Letras, Institute Cubano de Altos Estudios (founder), Ateneo de Madrid (president, Ibero-American section). Member Academy Nacional de la Historia, Academy Española de la Lengua, Academy, de la Historia (Spain, Dominican Republic, Venezuela). Member American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.