Raúl Porras Barrenechea
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Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian
. He was born in Pisco, Peru
on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa
worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a great deal from him. Porras ran unsuccessfully for the rectorate of San Marcos University losing to Aurelio Miro Quesada. Later he was elected senator representing Lima, and was selected first vice president of the Senate. After that, during his second presidency of Peru, Manuel Prado Ugarteche appointed Porras foreign minister. Luis Alberto Sanchez wrote the prologue to Porras's posthumous book on Pizarro which was assembled by a number of Porras's followers. In 1991 when the nuevo sol [new sol] became the official currency of Peru. He appeared on the 20 S/. banknote
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. He was born in Pisco, Peru
Pisco, Peru
Pisco is a city located in the Ica Region of Peru, the capital of the Pisco Province. The city is around 9 metres above sea level. Originally the villa of Pisco was founded in 1640, close to the indigenous emplacement of the same name...
on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation...
worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a great deal from him. Porras ran unsuccessfully for the rectorate of San Marcos University losing to Aurelio Miro Quesada. Later he was elected senator representing Lima, and was selected first vice president of the Senate. After that, during his second presidency of Peru, Manuel Prado Ugarteche appointed Porras foreign minister. Luis Alberto Sanchez wrote the prologue to Porras's posthumous book on Pizarro which was assembled by a number of Porras's followers. In 1991 when the nuevo sol [new sol] became the official currency of Peru. He appeared on the 20 S/. banknote
Works
- Historia de los Límites del Perú: Texto dictado a los alumnos del Colegio Anglo-Peruano de Lima, conforme al programa oficial. (Lima: F. y E. Rosay. 1930)
- Las relaciones primitivas de la conquista del Perú. (Paris: Impr. Les Presses modernes. 1937)
- El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) (Lima: Lumen. 1946)
- Relación de la descendencia de Garci Pérez de Vargas (1596). Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Reproducción facsimilar del manuscrito original con un prólogo a cargo de Raúl Porras Barrenechea. (Lima: Instituto de Historia. 1951)
- El Inca Garcilaso, en Montilla, 1561-1614" : nuevos documentos hallados y publicados. (Lima: Instituto de Historia-Editorial San Marcos 1955)
- El Paisaje Peruano de Garcilaso a Riva Agüero. (Lima: Imprenta Santa María. 1955)
- Cartas del Perú, 1524-1543. (Lima: Sociedad de Bibliófilos Peruanos. 1959)
- Antología del Cusco. (Lima: Librería Internacional del Perú. 1961)
- Fuentes Históricas Peruanas: Apuntes de un curso universitario. (Lima: Instituto Raúl Porras Barrenechea. 1963)
- Los Cronistas del Perú. (Lima: Sanmartí Impresores. 1962)
- PizarroFrancisco PizarroFrancisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...
(Lima: Editorial Pizarro. 1978)