Name Manuel Scorza Period 1955 - 1983 | Nationality Peruvian Role Novelist | |
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Occupation Novelist, Poet, Political activist Books El jinete insomne, Historia de Garabombo, el invisible | ||
SERENATA Decir adiós es... Manuel Scorza Voz: Aína Neruda
EPÍSTOLA A LOS POETAS QUE VENDRÁN Manuel Scorza Voz Aína Neruda
Manuel Scorza (September 9, 1928 – November 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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- SERENATA Decir adis es Manuel Scorza Voz Ana Neruda
- EPSTOLA A LOS POETAS QUE VENDRN Manuel Scorza Voz Ana Neruda
- Life and career
- Publications
- References
Life and career
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.
Publications
References
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