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Jul 05, 1886 Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala Died on 08 Mar 1962 (aged 75)

Guatemalan scholar and diplomat

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About Adrián Recinos

  • Adrián Recinos (1886–1962) was a Guatemalan historian, essayist, Mayanist scholar and translator, and diplomat.
  • Recinos was a great student of national history, mainly of the Maya civilization and the ancient history of the K'iche' and Kaqchikel people. It was he who made the first edition in Spanish of the Popol Vuh, based on his translation of the manuscript found in the Newberry Library, Chicago, the United States.
  • He also published his translations of other ancient Mayan manuscripts, including the Anales de los Cakchiqueles.

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