José María Arguedas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

José María Arguedas

Peruvian writer

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1911

Place of Birth: Andahuaylas, Apurímac, Peru

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1969

Profession: poet, politician, translator, ethnologist, university teacher, journalist, anthropologist, novelist, indigenist, essayist, short story writer

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About José María Arguedas

  • José María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist.
  • Arguedas was an author of Spanish descent, with a rare fluency in the native Quechua language, gained by living in two Quechua households from the age of 7 to 11 - first in the indigenous servant quarters of his step-mother's home, then escaping her "perverse and cruel" son, with an indigenous family approved by his father - who wrote novels, short stories, and poems in both Spanish and Quechua. Generally remembered 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 language that blended Spanish and Quechua and premiered in his debut novel Yawar Fiesta. Despite 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."

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