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Bolivian anthropologist
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La Garriga, Vallès Oriental, Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona, Spain
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ScorpioAge
90 years
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Loyola University Chicago
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Cornell University
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Linguapax Prize
(2015)
Knight of the Order of the Andes' Condor
(2016)
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Xavier Albó Corrons (born November 4, 1934) is a Jesuit priest, linguist, and anthropologist, with expertise in the indigenous peoples and rural populations of Bolivia.
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He was born in La Garriga, in Catalonia, Spain, and joined the Society of Jesus in 1951. In 1952, he moved to Bolivia and later became a naturalized citizen of the country. He was decorated with the Order of the Condor of the Andes, the highest civilian honor of the Bolivian state, on April 6, 2016.
Albó co-founded the Center for Research and Promotion of Farmers (Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado, CIPCA) in 1971. He served as its first director through 1976.
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