Miguel León-Portilla

Miguel León-Portilla (February 22, 1926 – October 1, 2019) was a Mexican anthropologist and historian. He was the prime authority on Nahuatl thought and literature. He was thought to have helped revive the language through his books.

León-Portilla was important in bringing to light the works of Father Bernardino de Sahagún, who was a 16th-century primary source on the Aztec civilization and whose works have become one of the major references for cultural and historical information on Postclassic Central Mexico.

On December 12, 2013, León-Portilla received the Living Legend Award from the U.S. Library of Congress.

He died on October 1, 2019 in Mexico City at the age of 93.Miguel León-Portilla murió a los 93 años 

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Category:1926 births
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Category:Mexican historians
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Category:Mexican anthropologists
Category:Writers from Mexico City
Category:Nahuatl language
Category:National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni