Arguedas grew up in close contact with Quechua-speaking communities, where he learned the language and participated in Indigenous cultural life. This upbringing shaped both his perspective and his writing, allowing him to depict Indigenous Andean traditions, daily life, and forms of expression with a level of familiarity that set his work apart in Peruvian literature.
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