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Gomá Lanzón, Francisco Javier
PhD: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - UNED
Biography
Francisco Javier Gomá is the Director of the Chair of Exemplarity at CUNEF Universidad. He is the Director of the Fundación Juan March and the President of the Advisory Council of the José Ortega y Gasset-Gregorio Marañón Foundation. He is the Trustee of the Teatro Real and a member of its Advisory Council. In 1993, he ranked first in the competitive examinations for the Corps of Legal Counsel to the Council of State (on leave of absence since 2007).
For his first book, Imitación y experiencia -in which he laid the foundations of a general theory of the example and its imitation-he received the 2004 National Essay Prize. He has also received many other awards for his books.
Education
PhD in Philosophy, UNED (2000)
Corps of Legal Counsel to the Council of State since 1993 (on leave of absence since 2007)
Degree in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1992) and Degree in Classical Philology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1988)
Research Interests
Philosophy
Professional Career
Columnist, Babelia (El País)
Columnist, El Cultural
Columnist, El Mundo
Contributor, La Brújula (Onda Cero)
Most relevant publications
Gomá Lanzón, Francisco Javier: "Fuera de carta", Galaxia Gutenberg, 2025.
Gomá Lanzón, Francisco Javier: "Universal concreto", Penguin Random House, 2023.
Gomá Lanzón, Francisco Javier: "Un hombre de cincuenta años", Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021.
Gomá Lanzón, Francisco Javier: "Tetralogía de la ejemplaridad (Imitación y experiencia, Aquiles en el gineceo, Ejemplaridad pública y Necesario pero imposible). Debolsillo - Penguin Random House, 2019.
Gomá Lanzón, Francisco Javier: "La imagen de tu vida", Galaxia Gutenberg, 2017.