Manuel Scorza
Manuel Scorza (September 9, 1928November 27, 1983) was an important Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist, exiled under the regime of Manuel Odría. He was born in Lima.
Manuel Scorza
- Born
- September 9, 1928
- Birthplace
- Lima, Peru
- Died
- 27 November 1983
- Place of death
- Mejorada del Campo, Madrid, Spain
- Occupation
- Novelist, Poet, Political activist
- Nationality
- Peru.
- Movements
- Generation of '50 (Perú), magic realism and Indigenismo.
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Manuel Scorza (September 9, 1928November 27, 1983) was an important Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist, exiled under the regime of Manuel Odría. He was born in Lima.
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Key facts
• Born — September 9, 1928 • Birthplace — Lima, Peru • Died — 27 November 1983 • Place of death — Mejorada del Campo, Madrid, Spain • Occupation — Novelist, Poet, Political activist • Language — Spanish • Period — 1955–1983
Life and career
Life and career
Scorza was a member of a student group affiliated with the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) called The Poets of the People (Los Poetas Del Pueblo). He is best known for the series of five novels, known collectively as "The Silent War," that began with Redoble por Rancas (1970). All five have been translated into more than forty languages, including English. He died when his plane, Avianca Flight 011, crashed on approach to Madrid's Barajas Airport after striking a series of hilltops. The crash killed 181 passengers, including Mexican novelist and playwright Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic Ángel Rama, and Argentinian art critic Marta Traba.
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Life and career
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1928
Manuel Scorza was born in 1928.
1983
Manuel Scorza died at Madrid.
Publications
• Las Imprecaciones (1955) • Los adioses (1959) • Desengaños del mago (1961) • Poesía amorosa (1963) • El vals de los reptiles (1970) • Poesía incompleta (1970) • "The Silent War" novels: • Redoble por Rancas (1970) (Drums for Rancas, translated by Edith Grossman, 1977) • Historia de Garabombo el Invisible (1972) (Garabombo, the Invisible, translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz, 1994) • El Jinete Insomne (1977) (The Sleepless Rider, translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz, 1996) • Cantar de Agapito Robles (1977) (The Ballad of Agapito Robles, translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz, 1999) • La Tumba del Relámpago (1979) (Requiem for a Lightning Bolt, translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz, 2000) • La danza inmóvil (1983)
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- La geopoética en Redoble por Rancas de Manuel Scorza, Recial, 2026
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16018181-1, Simposio Re-descubriendo a Manuel Scorza (2007 : Lima).
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- 1.cervantesvirtual.com : Álbum de Manuel Scorza Consultado el 20 de octubre de 2019
- 2.El nombre de la primera esposa fue como Lidia (o Lydia)
- 3.cervantesvirtual.com : Álbum de Manuel Scorza Consultado el 20 de octubre de 2019
- 4.elpais.com : Campesinos y Gobierno reciben en Perú los restos de Manuel Scorza Consultado el 20 de octubre de 2019
- 5.Abandonó el partido político a través de una carta la cual se titulaba: God bye, mister Haya en 1954
- 6.Una antología de entrevistas de C. Hildebrandt; fue miembro de FOCEP
- 7..Hernández, Consuelo. «Crónica, historiografía e imaginación en las novelas de Manuel Scorza», en Cuadernos hispanoamericanos (1995)
- 8.Tauro del Pino. Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú
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La geopoética en Redoble por Rancas de Manuel Scorza, Recial, 2026Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 16018181-1, Simposio Re-descubriendo a Manuel Scorza (2007 : Lima).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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