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 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.

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." Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1997

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Published 1981

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Published 1958

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Published 1967

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Published 1967

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by Arguedas, José María
Published 1973

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by Arguedas, José María
Published 1983

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by Arguedas, José María
Published 1971

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by Arguedas, José María
Published 1986

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by Arguedas, José María
Published 1949

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by Arguedas, José María
Published 1974

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by Arguedas, José María
Published 1996

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by Arguedas, José María
Published 1988

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by Alexanian, Nubar, 1950-
Published 1991
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