Luis Díez del Corral
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1911 –
Who is Luis Díez del Corral?
Luis Díez del Corral y Pedruzo was a Spanish jurist, writer and political scientist. He was legal counsel and a deputy in the Spanish Cortes from 1943–49, during the first legislative sessions of the Franco Period and was the chief of the "Section for Corporate and Social Management" of the Institute for Political Studies. He began preparing for his legal career at the Central University of Madrid. Thanks to a scholarship, he was able to continue his studies at the University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg.
In 1936, he became a lawyer with the Spanish Council of State. As the author of many books on the relationship between history and politics, in 1947 he obtained the Chair for "History of Political Ideas and Methods" on the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at the Complutense University of Madrid.
In 1942, he received the Premio Nacional de Literatura for his travel book, Mallorca. In 1988, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize in the Social Sciences, "for his exceptional contribution to the history of political ideas and institutions, and for his exemplary work teaching in the humanistic, conservative tradition". In 1996, he won the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize, for his lifetime achievements.
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