Miguel Castillo Didier Explained

Miguel Ángel Castillo Didier (born 14 April 1934) is a Chilean hellenist, translator, scholar and musicologist.

Castillo Didier has been recognized as one of the most prestigious translators of the poets Constantine P. Cavafy, Giorgos Seferis and Nikos Kazantzakis, so his work is also recognized and awarded by the Greek government itself.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Santiago, Chile.

During Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was exiled in Venezuela.^[1]

On 27 March 2012, the State of Chile, on National Council for Culture and the Arts behalf, awarded Castillo the Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit in National Library of Chile dependencies.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Publications

• Grecia y Francisco de Miranda. Precursor, héroe y martir de las Independencia Hispanoamericana. Santiago: University of Chile, 1995.

See also

• Fotios Malleros
• Héctor Herrera Cajas
• Universidad de Chile Center for Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miguel Castillo Didier, candidato a Premio Nacional de Humanidades: "En el exilio comprendí mejor a los poetas griegos". Francisco. Castillo Mora. El Mostrador. 12 June 2021. 14 January 2022.
2. Web site: Ministro Cruz-Coke entrega Orden al Mérito Artístico y Cultural Pablo Neruda a Miguel Castillo Didier . . 28 March 2012 . 29 March 2012.
3. Web site: Miguel Castillo Didier recibirá la Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda. Radio Cooperativa. 27 March 2012. 14 January 2021.
4. Web site: Prof. Miguel Castillo Didier recibirá Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda. University of Chile. 26 March 2012. 14 January 2022.