Miguel Castillo Didier

Miguel Castillo Didier
Director of the Universidad de Chile Center for Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies
Incumbent
Assumed office 1993
Preceded by	Alejandro Zorbas Daskalakis
Personal details
Born	(1934-04-14) 14 April 1934 (age 90) Chile
Alma mater	University of Chile (BA)
Occupation	Researcher
Profession	Historian

Miguel Castillo Didier

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

References

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