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Fernando Lázaro Carreter

Fernando Lázaro Carreter (13 April 1923 – 4 March 2004) was a Spanish linguist, journalist and literary critic.

Lázaro Carreter worked to improve the way the Spanish language is spoken and written, and penned the hugely popular 1997 book '''' ("The Dart in the Word"), a collection of articles he wrote on linguistic gaffes in the media. He was a member, occupying Seat ''R'', of the Royal Spanish Academy (), the language's official arbiter, from 1972 until his death, and was its president for seven years, 1991–1998. He taught at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

He died on 4 March 2004 in Madrid at aged 80 from a multiple organ failure. Provided by Wikipedia