José Carlos Mariátegui: Quick Facts

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Born	June 14, 1894 • Lima • Peru
Died	April 16, 1930 (aged 35) • Lima • Peru
Founder	“Amauta”
Notable Works	“La escena contemporánea” • “Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality”
Subjects Of Study	Latin American literature • Marxism

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Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa smiling, shown in a close-up portrait with gray hair, wearing a suit and tie.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian author

Octavio Paz.

Octavio Paz

Mexican writer and diplomat

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Jaime Torres Bodet

Mexican writer and statesman

Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Peruvian novelist

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Julio Ramón Ribeyro

Peruvian writer

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Victoria Ocampo

Argentine editor and publisher

H. L. Mencken stands on a staircase at his Baltimore home, holding a cigar and leaning on the banister, with framed pictures covering the wall behind him.

H.L. Mencken

American writer

Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe

American poet

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Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

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Es’kia Mphahlele

South African writer

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Reinaldo Arenas

Cuban writer

Ortigão, José Duarte Ramalho

José Duarte Ramalho Ortigão

Portuguese journalist

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Sterling Brown

American educator, literary critic and poet

José Bento Monteiro Lobato, c. 1920.

José Bento Monteiro Lobato

Brazilian writer

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Cintio Vitier

Cuban writer

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Manuel Gálvez

Argentine author

Portrait of José María Arguedas

José María Arguedas

Peruvian author

Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian poet, seated outdoors in a suit with his chin resting on his hand and a cane in his other hand, 1929.

César Vallejo

Peruvian poet

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Carlos Germán Belli

Peruvian author

Palma, Ricardo

Ricardo Palma

Peruvian writer