Alfonso Reyes

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Alfonso Reyes
Reyes in 1924
Born	Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (1889-05-17)17 May 1889 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Died	27 December 1959(1959-12-27) (aged 70)
Nationality	Mexican
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupation(s)	Writer, philosopher and diplomat
Employer(s)	La Casa de España, El Colegio de México, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, El Colegio Nacional
Known for	Ambassador
Spouse	Manuela Mota Gómez
Children	Alfonso Bernardo Reyes Mota
Father	Bernardo Reyes
Awards	Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes (Literature & Linguistics); Honorary Doctorate (Princeton University, La Sorbona, University of California Berkeley)

Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times^[1] and has been acclaimed as one of the greatest authors in Spanish language. He served as ambassador of Mexico to Argentina and Brazil.