Carlos Antonio Gatti Murriel

Professor Emeritus of Universidad del Pacífico, Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.He completed university studies in the Doctoral Section of Literature of the School of Humanities of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (1959-1964), where he obtained the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts and a Licentiate (professional license) in Literature. Later he obtained a diploma in Linguistics from the First Latin American Institute of Linguistics, held at the University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay (1966). From 1960 to 1972 he studied music at the Modern Piano Academy. He acted as an Assistant Professor since 1983 at the School of Humanities of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and from 1966 to 2016, he served as a regular professor of the specialties of Linguistics and Literature in the same institution in various subjects. He was regular Professor of Spanish Language at Universidad de Lima between 1966 and 1983. He served as regular Professor of Classical Literature and Medieval Literature between 1991 and 2010 at the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya Higher School of Pedagogy, Philosophy and Literature, later Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya. From 1978 to 2012, the year of his retirement, he was regular Professor of Language and Universal Literature at Universidad del Pacífico. Subsequently, he has continued teaching as a Professor hired by the hour. At Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, he held the position of Director of University Training and, as such, he was a member of the Executive Council of this house of studies between 1973 and 1977. At the same institution he was Secretary of the Riva Agüero Institute between 1967 and 1987. At Universidad del Pacífico he held the position of Secretary General between 1987 and 2009. His main fields of interest in studies and research are poetry and music. Since 1988, he has conducted the Dantis Limensis Lecture at Universidad del Pacífico, whose purpose is to read, comment on and promote creations and studies inspired by the literary work of Dante Alighieri. Various pictorial, sculptural, musical works of art and even a choreography have resulted from this activity, as well as articles, papers presented at international congresses, conferences and books that bring together various articles, some of his authorship, such as La Divina Comedia, Voices and echoes and Purgatories Purgatori, both books published by Universidad del Pacífico in 2007 and 2015, respectively. Apart from various articles on literary and musical topics, he has published a book that brings together his articles on education (The link of the day, edited by Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae), one on music (Franz Liszt, pilgrim of life and art, edited by the Lima Philharmonic Society), and, co-authored with Professor Jorge Wiesse, three books for teaching language (Language. Two approaches; Elements of Spanish Grammar; Reading and writing techniques. Scientific and academic language, titles published by Universidad del Pacífico). Other products of his research work are the texts of the hand programs written for the concerts of the Lima Philharmonic Society, a task that he has been developing since 2010.