Background

LAPESA, Rafael was born in 1908 in Valencia. Son of Professor Rafael Lapesa and Ascension Melgar de Lapesa.

Education

Instituto Cardenal Cisneros and Madrid University.

Works

• Other Work

  • Historia de la Lengua Espahola 1942, 1951, 1955, 1980, 1981, Asturiano y Provenzal en el Fuero de Avilbs 1948, La trayectoria poetica de Garcilaso 1948, 1968, La obra literaria del Marques de Santillana 1957, De la Edad Media a nuestros dias 1967, 1971. Poetas y prosistas de ayer y de hoy 1977, Estudios de Historia Linguistica Espahola 1984, Garcilaso: Estudios completes 1985, De Ayala a Ayala 1988.

Membership

Real Academy Espahola, Hispanic Society of America. Academy Argentina de Letras, Academy Nac. de Letras del Uruguay, Academy, de Aries y Letras de Puerto Rico, etc. Modem Language Association of America and American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

Connections

Married Pilar Lago Couceiro in 1932.

Father:

Professor Rafael Lapesa

Mother:

Ascension Melgar de Lapesa

Spouse:

Pilar Lago Couceiro