José María Arguedas
Peruvian writer (1911–1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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José María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist. Arguedas was an author of mestizo descent who was fluent in the Quechua language. That fluency was gained by Arguedas’s living in two Quechua households from the age of 7 to 11. First, he lived in the Indigenous servant quarters of his stepmother's home, then, escaping her "perverse and cruel" son, with an Indigenous family approved by his father. Arguedas wrote novels, short stories, and poems in both Spanish and Quechua.
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Born | José María Arguedas Altamirano (1911-01-18)January 18, 1911 Andahuaylas, Peru |
Died | December 2, 1969(1969-12-02) (aged 58) Lima, Peru |
Resting place | Parque José María Arguedas, Andahuaylas |
Occupation | Writer, poet, educator, anthropologist, ethnologist, journalist, translator |
Language | Quechua, Spanish |
Alma mater | National University of San Marcos |
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Literary movement | Indigenismo |
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Children | Vilma Victoria Arguedas Ponce |
Generally regarded as one of the most notable figures of 20th-century Peruvian literature, Arguedas is especially recognized for his intimate portrayals of Indigenous Andean culture. Key in his desire to depict Indigenous expression and perspective more authentically was his creation of a new idiom that blended Spanish and Quechua and premiered in his debut novel Yawar Fiesta.
Notwithstanding a dearth of translations into English, the critic Martin Seymour-Smith has dubbed Arguedas "the greatest novelist of our time," who wrote "some of the most powerful prose that the world has known."[1]