Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz
Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz | |
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Born | Huanta, Ayacucho |
Occupation | Scholar, writer |
Language | Quechua, Spanish |
Nationality | Peruvian |
Genre | Linguistics |
Notable works | Manual de Enseñanza Quechua (1979) |
Notable awards | Quechua Award for Lifetime Achievement |
Years active | 1979–present |
Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz is a Peruvian scholar, author and former Quechua professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Education and Career[]
He taught Quechua for more than 25 years at the University of Illinois. He published dictionaries, a grammar book on Ayacucho Quechua, articles, and his pedagogical Quechua manual which is widely used by many students and teachers around the world.[1]
During his time at the University of Illinois he also published Correo de Lingüística Andina, an annual newsletter on Quechua instruction.[2]
Awards and honors[]
In 2015 Soto Ruiz received the Quechua Award for Lifetime Achievement by The Quechua Alliance.[3]
Works[]
- Gramática quechua: Ayacucho-Chanca
- Quechua, manual de enseñanza
- Diccionario quechua
- Diccionario quechua, Ayacucho-Chanca
- Gramática quechua
- Quechua. Manual de enseñanza (2010) ISBN 978-9972-51-273-5
- ¿Chaymantaqá? ¿Y después? Quechua avanzado. Quechua: manual de enseñanza (2016)
References[]
- ^ "Quechua Prof. Clodoaldo Soto will receive a tribute for his outstanding career". upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "LibGuides: Indigenous Languages and Populations in "Latin" America: Quechua at CLACS".
- ^ "Awardees – The Quechua Alliance". thequechua.org. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
Categories:
- Living people
- Quechua-language writers
- Peruvian literature
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign faculty