José María Arguedas

José María Arguedas José María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist. Arguedas was an author of mestizo descent who was fluent in the Quechua language. That fluency was gained by Arguedas’s living in two Quechua households from the age of 7 to 11. First, he lived in the Indigenous servant quarters of his stepmother's home, then, escaping her "perverse and cruel" son, with an Indigenous family approved by his father. Arguedas wrote novels, short stories, and poems in both Spanish and Quechua.

Generally regarded as one of the most notable figures of 20th-century Peruvian literature, Arguedas is especially recognized for his intimate portrayals of Indigenous Andean culture. Key in his desire to depict Indigenous expression and perspective more authentically was his creation of a new idiom that blended Spanish and Quechua and premiered in his debut novel ''Yawar Fiesta''.

Notwithstanding a dearth of translations into English, the critic Martin Seymour-Smith has dubbed Arguedas "the greatest novelist of our time," who wrote "some of the most powerful prose that the world has known." Provided by Wikipedia
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    El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1990
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    Formación de una cultura nacional indoamericana / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1987
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    Un mundo de monstruos y de fuego / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1993
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    Los ríos profundos / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1986
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    Yawar fiesta / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1974
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    Yawar Fiesta / by Arguedas, Jose Maria

    Published 1958
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    Obras completas / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1983
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    Las comunidades de España y del Perú / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1968
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    Dioses y hombres de Huarochiri / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1975
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    Formación de una cultura nacional indoamericana / by Arguedas, José María

    Published 1975
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    La muerte de los arango. by Arguedas, José Maria

    Article
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    Los ríos profundos / by Arguedas José María 1911-1969

    Published 1972
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    El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo / by Arguedas José María 1911-1969

    Published 1972
    Book
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    Mitos, leyendas y cuentos peruanos / by Arguedas, José María, 1911-1969

    Published 1947
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    Yawar fiesta / by Arguedas, José María, 1911-1969

    Published 1974
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    Amor mundo y otros relatos / by Arguedas, José María, 1911-1969

    Published 1967
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    Los ríos profundos / by Arguedas, José María, 1911-1969

    Published 1976
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    Los ríos profundos / by Arguedas, José María, 1911-1969

    Published 1970
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    Los ríos profundos / by Arguedas, José María, 1911-1969

    Published 2019
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    Los ríos profundos / by Arguedas, José María, 1911-1969

    Published 2020
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