Peru

Martín Adán (Rafael de la Fuente y Benavides)
Born: 10 OCT 1908 -- Lima
Died: 29 JAN 1985
Type: Poet
Achievements:
  1. José Santos Chocano National Prize for Poetry (1947)
  2. National Prize for Literature (1974)

José María Arguedas
Born: 18 JAN 1911 -- Andahuaylas, Peru
Died: 02 DEC 1969
Type: Prose writer, ethnographer
Achievements:
  1. Javier Prado Prize (1958)
  2. Ricardo Palma Prize (1959) (1962)
  3. William Faulkner Foundation Certificate of Merit (1963)
  4. Garcilaso de la Vega Prize (1968)

Carlos Geramán Belli
Born: 15 SEP 1927 -- Lima
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Poet
Achievements:
  1. National Poetry Prize (1962)
  2. Civic Medal of the Municipality of Lima (1986)

Isabel Allende
Born: 02 AUG 1942 -- Lima
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:
  1. Panorama Literario Novel of the Year (Chile, 1983)
  2. Author of the Year (1984, 1986)
  3. Book of the Year (Germany, 1984)
  4. Grand Prix d'Evasion (France, 1984)
  5. Best Novel for Colima (Mexico, 1985)
  6. Best Novel for Mulheres (Portugal, 1987)

Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Born: 19 FEB 1939 -- Lima
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:
  1. Casa de las Américas Prize (1968)
  2. Peruvian National Literary Award (1972)

Antonio Cisneros
Born: 27 DEC 1942 -- Lima
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Poet
Achievements:
  1. National Poetry Prize (Peru, 1965)
  2. Casa de las Américas Prize (1968)

José María Egurea
Born: 07 JUL 1874 -- Lima
Died: ?? APR 1942 -- Lima
Type: Poet
Achievements:

Ventura García Calderón
Born: ?? ??? 1886 -- Paris, France
Died: ?? ??? 1959
Type: Peruvian prose writer
Achievements:

El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Born: 12 APR 1539 -- Cuzco, Peru
Died: 23 APR 1616 -- Cordoba
Type: -- Chronicler
Achievements:

Manuel González Prada
Born: ?? ??? 1884 -- Lima
Died: ?? ??? 1918
Type: -- Poet, essayist
Achievements:
  1. Director of the National Library (1912)

Enrique López Albújar
Born: 23 NOV 1872 -- Chiclayo, Peru
Died: 06 MAR 1966 -- Lima
Type: Writer
Achievements:
  1. Director of Cultural Education (c.1923)

José Carlos Mariátegui
Born: 14 JUN 1894 -- Moquegua, Peru
Died: 16 APR 1930 -- Lima
Type: Man of ideas
Achievements:

Corinda Matto de Turner
Born: 11 NOV 1852 -- Cuzco, Peru
Died: 25 OCT 1909
Type: Prose writer, dramatist, translator
Achievements:

César Moro
Born: 19 AUG 1903 -- Lima
Died: 10 JAN 1956 -- Lima
Type: Poet, painter
Achievements:

Ricardo Palma
Born: 07 FEB 1833 -- Lima
Died: 06 OCT 1919 -- Miraflores
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:
  1. Director of the National Library (1833-1911)

Sebastián Salazar Bondy
Born: 04 NOV 1924 -- Lima
Died: 04 JULY 1964
Type: Dramatist, poet, prose writer
Achievements:
  1. Premio Nacional de Teatro (1952 and in 1965 -- posthumously)

Manuel Scorza
Born: 09 SEP 1928 -- Lima
Died: 27 NOV 1983 -- Spain, in a plane crash with three other authors (one Mexican, two Spanish)
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements:
  1. National Prize for Literature (1983)

César Vallejo
Born: 16 MAR 1892 -- Santiago de Chuco, Peru
Died: 15 APR 1938 -- Paris, France
Type: Poet, prose writer
Achievements:

Blanca Varela
Born: ?? ??? 1926 -- Lima
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Poet
Achievements:
  1. Director of the Peruvian branch of the Mexican Pulishing House Fondo de Cultura Económica (????)

Mario Vargas Llosa
Born: 28 MAR 1936 -- Arequipa, Peru
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer, dramatist
Achievements:
  1. Leopoldo Alas Prize (1959)
  2. Biblioteca Breve Prize (Spain, 1962)
  3. Rómulo Gallegos Prize (Venezuela, 1967)
  4. National Critics' Prize (Spain, 1967)
  5. National Prize (Peru, 1967)
  6. Critics' Annual Prize for Theatre (Argentina, 1981)
  7. Prince of Asturias Prize (Spain, 1986)
  8. Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1994)

Emilio Adolfo Westphalen
Born: ?? ??? 1911 -- Lima
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Poet, prose writer
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