The historian Enrique Florescano He died at the age of 85, as Diego Prieto announced on Monday March 6 via his Twitter account. The anthropologist was director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) around 1982.
“It is with great sadness that I learn of the death of Enrique Florescano. Mexico’s all-time great historian is leaving, a good friend and a great director of INAH and DEH. With a affectionate hug to Alejandra and all her family,” wrote Diego Prieto, the current director of INAH.
Since Florescano was a professor at the Colegio de México, many of his students expressed their condolences, this was the message written by the official account of the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL):
“Today we mourn the sensitive death of historian Enrique Florescano, whose commitment to telling and unraveling the history of Mesoamerican cultures makes his work an invaluable reference in Mexico’s academy and cultural memory. We send our love to his family.”
As part of his outstanding career, he was awarded the National Science and Arts Prize in the field of History, Social Sciences and Philosophy in 1996; on the other hand, he received the Alfonso Reyes Prize in
Other awards he received were the Academic Palms in 1982; The National Order of Merit (The National Order of Merit) in 1985; the Presea Othón de Mendizábal Prize from the National Institute of Anthropology and History, in the year 2000; the Honorary Doctorate from the Michoacana University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo and the Emeritus Researcher of the National System of Researchers in 2006.
Enrique Florescano wrote important texts on the Mesoamerican period in Mexico, as he combined various elements from the study of this stage of history.
Through Twitter, Alejandra Frausto, Secretary of Culture of the Government of Mexico, highlighted that she had contributed to the study of the god Quetzalcóatl and the worldview of corn.
“Deeply shocked by the departure of one of the greatest, Dr. Enrique Florescano. He devoted much of his life to the study of the god Quetzalcóatl and to the worldview of maize. May all maize seeds germinate in your honor. Bon voyage, master,” he wrote.
In addition, he sent a message to the relatives of the specialist in pre-Hispanic Mexico “A hug of all my love for Alejandra Moreno Toscano and her beloved daughters Claudia and Valeria”.
During his academic training, the historian studied at the Universidad Veracruzana (UV) and completed his doctorate at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, France.
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