Occupation Historian Name Maria Rostworowski Party Popular Action | Children 1 Role Historian | |
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Full Name Maria Rostworowski Tovar Born August 8, 1915 (age 108) ( 1915-08-08 ) Barranco, Lima, Peru Spouse(s) Count Zygmunt Broel-Plater (divorced); 1 child
Alejandro Diez-Canseco Coronel-Zegarra Parent(s) Jan Jacek Rostworowski and Rita Tovar del Valle Education National University of San Marcos (1942–1945) Books History of the Inca realm, Conflicts Over Coca Fields in XVIth-century Peru Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, Latin America & Caribbean | ||
María Rostworowski, Historia Peruana
Maria Rostworowski Tovar de Diez Canseco (born August 8, 1915) is a Peruvian historian known for her extensive and detailed publications about Peruvian Ancient Cultures and the Inca Empire.
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Rostworowski was born in Barranco, Peru. Her father was Jan Jacek Rostworowski, a Polish aristocrat, and her mother, Rita Tovar del Valle, was from Puno. Her grandfather, Agustin Tovar, was president of the Senate and an uncle, Karol Hubert Rostworowski, was a playwright. She studied at various boarding schools in Poland, Belgium, France and England. She was a student of the Peruvian historian Raul Porras Barrenechea at the National University of San Marcos.
Rostworowski married Count Zygmunt Broel-Plater, a member of the Polish nobility. They had one daughter, Cristina Broel-Plater Rostworowski, but later divorced. She married secondly, to Alejandro Diez-Canseco Coronel-Zegarra. She has been vice-president of The National Academy of History (Academia Nacional de Historia) and director of National Museum of History. She turned 100 in August 2015.
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