Overview
- The Mexican Academy of Language confirmed her death on Nov. 21 at age 100, drawing condolences from UNAM, El Colegio de México and the federal Culture Ministry.
- A guard of honor was held by academy members during her Nov. 22 public wake at the J. García López funeral home on Miguel Ángel de Quevedo in Mexico City.
- Writers and academics including Margo Glantz, Felipe Garrido, Rosa Beltrán, Gonzalo Celorio, Adolfo Castañón and Diego Valadés participated in the tribute.
- Her scholarship defined the study of Hispanic popular lyric, with landmark works such as Cancionero folklórico de México and the Nuevo corpus de la antigua lírica popular hispánica.
- She was professor emerita at UNAM, led the CELL at El Colegio de México, founded influential journals, earned top national and international prizes, and published over 200 works after arriving from Hamburg as a child.