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Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (c. 1539–1616), chronicler; Manuel González Prada (1844–1918), modernista poet; Eduardo González Viaña (born 1941), short story writer and novelist; Javier Heraud (1942–1963), poet and would-be guerrilla; Rodolfo Hinostroza (born 1941), influential poet, writer, novelist and essayist
La Cruz del Viajero (The Cross of the Traveller) is a monumental cross located in what now Pueblo Libre, a district of the city of Lima, Peru. It was erected in 1579 by Catholic missionaries. Travellers would stop at the cross to ask for protection on the road to the port of Callao, a route which was beset by bandits. In 1759 the cross was ...
Doblón was launched in September 1974. [3] José Antonio Martínez Soler was the founder of the magazine who had worked as the editor-in-chief of Cambio 16. [1] He started Doblón following his dismissal from Cambio 16.
The vals criollo (English: Creole waltz), or Peruvian waltz (Spanish: vals peruano), is an adaptation of the European waltz brought to the Americas during colonial times by Spain. In the Viceroyalty of Peru, the waltz was gradually adapted to the likings of the Criollo people. In the 20th century, the genre became symbolic of the nation's ...
Susana Esther Baca de la Colina (Spanish pronunciation: [suˈsana ˈβaka]; born 24 May 1944) is a prominent Peruvian singer-songwriter, school teacher, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and three-time Latin Grammy Award winner. She has been a key figure in the revival of Afro-Peruvian music.
Música criolla, Peruvian Creole music or canción criolla is a varied genre of Peruvian music that exhibits influences from European, African and Andean music. The genre's name reflects the coastal culture of Peru, and the local evolution of the term criollo, a word originally denoting high-status people of full Spanish ancestry, into a more socially inclusive element of the nation.
Cariñito is a Peruvian cumbia song written by Limeño Ángel Aníbal Rosado in 1979 and first interpreted by the Peruvian group Los Hijos del Sol. Readapted by numerous international groups and in different musical styles, the song is one of the best-known songs in the realm of Peruvian cumbia and cumbia in general.
El Oriente Peruano: Documentary [4] 1922: Camino de la Venganza: Drama filmed by the photographer and painter Luis Ugarte, Narciso Rada Drama The first Peruvian national feature film [5] [a] that depicts the fate of a mining town controlled by an English engineer [4] 1923: 1924: Revista Excelsior de Actualidades Peruanas: News documentary [4] 1925