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1833–1919 · Peruvian writer and historian

Ricardo Palma

Ricardo Palma

Ricardo Palma was a Peruvian writer and historian born in Lima in 1833.

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Ricardo Palma was a Peruvian writer and historian born in Lima in 1833. He wrote the historical prose collection Peruvian Traditions, whose first volume appeared in 1872. He also wrote poetry. He directed Peru’s National Library from 1883 to 1912. He died in Miraflores, near Lima, in 1919.

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1833
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1919

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