Fernando Lázaro Carreter (April 13, 1923 – March 4, 2004) was a Spanish linguist, journalist and literary critic.

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Fernando Lázaro Carreter
Lárazo Carreter in 1994
Born	(1923-04-13)13 April 1923 Zaragoza, Spain
Died	13 March 2004(2004-03-13) (aged 80) Madrid, Spain
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid University of Zaragoza
Occupation(s)	Linguist, journalist and literary critic
Employers	Complutense University of Madrid University of Salamanca Autonomous University of Madrid Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg University of Texas at Austin University of Toulouse
Organization	Colegio Libre de Eméritos
Seat R of the Real Academia Española
In office 11 June 1972[lower-alpha 1] – 13 March 2004
Preceded by	Luis Martínez Kléiser [es]
Succeeded by	Javier Marías
Director of the Real Academia Española
In office 5 December 1991 – 2 December 1998
Preceded by	Manuel Alvar
Succeeded by	Víctor García de la Concha

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Carreter worked to improve the way the Spanish language is spoken and written, and penned the hugely popular 1997 book El Dardo en la Palabra (The Dart in the Word), a collection of articles he wrote on linguistic gaffes in the media. Lázaro Carreter was a member, occupying the Seat R, of the prestigious Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española), the language's official referee, from 1972 until his death,^[1] and was its president for seven years, 1991–1998.^[2] He taught at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

He died on 4 March 2004 in Madrid at aged 80 from a multiple organ failure.^[3]