Dies the former director of the RAE and Creu de Sant Jordi José Manuel Blecua at 86 years old

The professor of Spanish language José Manuel Blecua, who directed the Royal Spanish Academy between 2011 and 2014, died this Friday in Madrid at the age of 86. The Aragonese philologist occupied seat H of the academy from 2006 and was secretary of the corporation between 2007 and 2009.