Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez

Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez (September 17, 1915 – July 8, 2011) was a Spanish-born Mexican philosopher, writer and professor born in Algeciras, Andalucia.

Biography In 1935 Sánchez started studying at the University of Madrid. Vázquez emigrated to Mexico in 1939 with thousands of other intellectuals, scientists and artists following the defeat of the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, in which he participated as editor of the central publication of the Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas (JSU) “Ahora”.

He died in Mexico City on July 8, 2011, aged 95.

Awards and recognition In 1985, he received the 'Universidad Nacional' award by his alma mater the National Autonomous University of Mexico. he was also awarded the 'Gran cruz de Alfonso X, el Sabio' from the Spanish Ministry of Culture, 'Placa de Oro' from the provincial council of Cádiz and the recognition as 'Distinguished teacher of Mexico City' from the Government of Mexico City.

Sánchez held honorary doctoral degrees from the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (1985), the University of Cádiz (Spain, 1987), National University of Distance Education (Spain, 1993), Autonomous University of Nuevo León (1994), National Autonomous University of Mexico (1998) and Complutense University of Madrid (2000).

Philosophical works The Aesthetic Ideas of Marx (1965) The Philosophy of Praxis (1967) Rousseau in Mexico (The Philosophy of Rousseau and the Ideology of Independence) (1969) Aesthetics and Marxism (1970) Anthology. Texts of Aesthetics and Theory of Art (1972) Art and Society: Essays in Marxist Aesthetics (1973) From Scientific Socialism to Utopian Socialism (1975).

Other works Recollections and Reflections of an Exile (1997) – Memoirs Poetry (2005) – idem Incursiones literarias (2008) – Literary and artistic criticism.