Peru painter Fernando de Szyszlo publishes memoir
Peruvian painter Fernando de Szyszlo has published “Life without an owner,” an autobiography detailing…
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The Afro-Peruvian poet behind Kuczynski’s one-liner
The career of Afro-Peruvian poet Nicomedes Santa Cruz came into the limelight as his most famous line…
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Eighty years of Peru’s literary icon Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa celebrated his 80th birthday at a Madrid hotel on Monday, five years after The Economist…
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Peruvian poet Eduardo Chirinos dies aged 55
Peruvian poet Eduardo Chirinos died of cancer on Wednesday in Montana. The member of Peru’s “80s…
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Spain honors 400 years of Peru’s first ‘indigenist’ writer
Spain’s largest public library is showcasing a Garcilaso de la Vega exhibit featuring the ‘indigenist’…
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New Mario Vargas Llosa novel set in Alberto Fujimori’s Peru
“Five Corners,” the next novel by Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, deals with corruption and…
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Gaston Acurio publishes book of forgotten Lima recipes
Peru’s most famous celebrity chef, Gaston Acurio, and journalist Javier Masias have published a new…
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Peru drug lord eyes TV series after 22 years in prison
Peruvian drug trafficker Demetrio “Vaticano” Chavez was released from prison yesterday after serving…
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American opera depicts Peru’s 1996 Lima hostage crisis
An American opera house premiered on Monday the “Bel Canto” opera, which is set during the MRTA…
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Peru issues coin commemorating indigenous writer
Peru’s central bank has issued a new collectors’ coin featuring the Quechua chronicler, Guaman Poma…
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