{"id":3142,"date":"2016-05-19T04:33:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T04:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/en\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2019-05-07T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T17:31:48","slug":"buenos-aires-declares-dr-pujante-guest-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/en\/buenos-aires-declares-dr-pujante-guest-of-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Buenos Aires declared Dr. Pujante Guest of Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>The City Council of Buenos Aires declared Dr. \u00c1ngel Luis Pujante\u00a0a <em>Guest of Honor<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pujante, Spanish Shakespeare expert and a member of our International Consulting Board, was invited through our initiative\u2014with the sponsorship of the Spanish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and the support of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture\u2014to participate in our homage to Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death. We are overjoyed and incredibly proud that Dr. Pujante\u00a0received such an illustrious distinction in Argentina. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3062\" src=\"http:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-Huesped-de-Honor.jpg\" alt=\"Pujante Huesped de Honor\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-Huesped-de-Honor.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-Huesped-de-Honor-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-Huesped-de-Honor-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-Huesped-de-Honor-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-Huesped-de-Honor-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>Dr. Pujante\u00a0received the distinction from the President of the Cultural Commission of Buenos Aires\u2019 City Council. (Above) Dr. Omar Abboud (City Council representative) with other representatives from Buenos Aires, and the Directors of the Fundaci\u00f3n Shakespeare Argentina.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/167486722?dnt=1&#038;app_id=122963\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"El Dr. &Aacute;ngel Luis Pujante recibe la distinci&oacute;n de Hu&eacute;sped de Honor de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>See link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislatura.gov.ar\/_post_old.php?ver=5462\">https:\/\/www.legislatura.gov.ar\/_post_old.php?ver=5462<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. \u00c1ngel Luis Pujante is Emeritus Professor of English Studies at the University of Murcia. He received his BA in Modern German and English Studies from the University of Barcelona and his PhD from the University of Salamanca. In addition, he has completed various post-docs and fellowships at various universities and institutions in England and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pujante\u00a0has published prolifically about Shakespeare and his era, including <em>Realismo y Ciencia-ficci\u00f3n en la obra de John Wyndham<\/em> (1980) and <em>El manuscrito shakespeariano de Manuel Herrera Bustamante<\/em> (2001). His translations of Shakespeare\u2019s work are also included in the prestigious Austral-Espasa collection and the Three-volume, Espasa Cl\u00e1sicos edition of Complete Works of William Shakespeare (2010-2015). Furthermore, he has directed conferences at many universities and institutions in Spain, England, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, Luxembourg, Romania, and Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>In 1998, he was honored with the National Award for best translation for his Spanish version of The Tempest. Currently, he focuses on the attitudes towards Shakespeare in Spain and Europe. From 2000 to 2008, he developed a project focused on Shakespearean studies in Spain and the larger European context, which was subsidized by the Ministry of Education. Though the project is currently headed by Keith Gregor, Dr. Pujante\u00a0continues to be an active participant. Furthermore, he is the Honorary President of the ESRA European Shakespeare Research Association.<\/p>\n<p>The FSA would like to thank the Buenos Aires City Council and congratulate Dr. Pujante\u00a0for this well-deserved recognition. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3066\" src=\"http:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-y-yo.jpg\" alt=\"Pujante y yo\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-y-yo.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-y-yo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-y-yo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pujante-y-yo-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pujante\u00a0with the President of the Fundaci\u00f3n Shakespeare Argentina in the Buenos Aires City Cuncil Chamber after he was declared an official Guest of Honor of the\u00a0City of Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City Council of Buenos Aires declared Dr. \u00c1ngel Luis Pujante\u00a0a Guest of Honor. 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