Víctor García de la Concha

Víctor García de la Concha (born 2 January 1934, Villaviciosa, Asturias)[1] is a Spanish philologist.

In 1992, he entered the Royal Spanish Academy as an Academic Numerary, occupying seat c.[2] The next year, he became Secretary and, in 1998, Director.

In 2000, he was named a Doctor Honoris Causa in Letters at Francisco Morazán National Pedagogic University in Tegucigalpa, on the occasion of his visit to the Academia Hondureña de la Lengua.

In 2009, he received the Lázaro Carreter Prize,[3] and in 2010, King Juan Carlos I named him a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

[4] In 2011, he received the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize,[1] and in January 2012, was named director of the Cervantes Institute.