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Born February 7, 1833 • Lima • Peru
Died October 6, 1919 (aged 86) • Lima • Peru
Notable Works “The Knights of the Cape and Thirty-seven Other Selections from the Tradiciones Peruanas of Ricardo Palma”

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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
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Manuel Scorza
Peruvian author
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José María Eguren
Peruvian poet
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José Santos Chocano
Peruvian poet
Reyes, Alfonso
Alfonso Reyes
Mexican writer
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
Portrait of José María Arguedas
José María Arguedas
Peruvian author
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Peruvian novelist
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Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Peruvian writer
José Carlos Mariátegui
José Carlos Mariátegui
Peruvian political essayist
Alegría, 1941
Ciro Alegría
Peruvian author
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Alice Cary
American poet
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Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
American author
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
American author
The brilliant Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican poet and scholar
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Ernesto Cardenal
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan poet and priest

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