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Cisneros, Antonio b. December 17, 1942 d. October 6, 2012
Poet, Author. His works include "Exile" (1961), "David" (1962), "Royal Commentaries" (1964), "The water doesn't have to drink" (1971), "As a fig tree on a golf course" (1972) , "The book of God and the Hungarians" (1978), "The immense celestial questions" (1992), "A cruise to Galapagos Islands" (2005) and "Diary of a hospitalized diabetic" (2010). He belonged to the generation of 1960s Peruvian literature and performed in recitals that summoned crowds of students and general public. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Errete)
Jardines de la Paz, Lima, Lima, Peru
de Porres, Saint Martin b. December 9, 1579 d. November 3, 1639
Saint. Son of a Spanish nobleman and a Black woman. When he was young his mother sent to work as a helper to a surgeon where he learned to care for the sick. He later entered the convent as a lay brother in the infirmary. St.Martin looked after the ill and did any humble task assigned. Effected many cures and also ran a hospital for cats and dogs. Lived a life of simplicity and devotion to all creatures. His Feast Day is Novenber 3. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Convent of the Holy Rosary, Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Fleming, Eric b. July 4, 1925 d. September 28, 1966
American motion picture and television actor of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. In 1959 Eric Fleming was cast as trail boss 'Gil Favor' on "Rawhide," one of the most popular TV Western series of the era. Fleming left Rawhide in 1966 to seek out film work. After playing in the Doris Day comedy "The Glass Bottom Boat," he headed to Peru to film the pilot episode of a TV adventure series, "High Jungle." While filming a canoeing scene in the Hullaga River, Fleming fell into the surging rapids and drowned;...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Zimbelman)
Cause of death: Drowned
University of Peru, Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Gibson Parra del Riego, Doris b. April 28, 1910 d. August 23, 2008
Social Reformer, she was the founder and editor of the Peruvian weekly newsmagazine “Caretas.” Born in Lima, Peru, her father was the British poet, Percy Gibson. She married an Argentine diplomat, Manlio Zileri, and their son, Enrique Zileri, went on to become an editor on “Caretas” as well, although she divorced Zileri a few years later. Gibson started “Caretas” in 1950 with just 10,000 soles given to her by her uncle, a typewriter and a single room. The newsmagazine was soon closed down for...[Read More] (Bio by: Manuel Molina V.)
Jardines de la Paz, Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Granda, Chabuca b. September 3, 1920 d. March 8, 1983
Singer, Composer. She was born as María Isabel Granda Larco in Apurimac, Perú. She was well known internationally for her hit "La Flor de la Canela." She developed a successful career with songs that have her roots in the peruvian black music. Also she was the composer of songs such as "Fina Estampa," "Gracia," "José Antonio," "Zeñó Manué," "Gracia" and "Lima de Veras." She died in Miami, Florida after a surgery. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cementerio El Angel, Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Guevara, Rev. Juan Gualberto b. July 12, 1882 d. November 27, 1954
Peruvian religious leader and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A native of Villa de Vitor, near Arequipa. He studied first at the Seminary of San Jerónimo, in Arequipa, then at University of San Agustin, in the same city and finally at the Pontifical Gregorian University, in Rome. He was ordained, on June 2, 1906 and did pastoral work in Arica until 1910 when he was expelled by Chile which claimed as its own this province. During thirty years, he worked in the Arequipa region mostly as...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Basilica Cathedral of Lima, Lima, Lima, Peru
Mojica, José b. September 14, 1895 d. September 20, 1974
Actor, Singer. He was born in San Gabriel, Jalisco, Mexico. He debuted at the Arbeu Theatre in 1916 in "El Barbero de Sevilla" as tenor. Soon, he moved to New York, where was discovered by Enrico Caruso. There, he played in the Metropolitan Opera House with Mary Garden in "Pelleas et Melisande." In the 30s, he worked in Hollywood and Mexico, in films such as "One Mad Kiss" (1930), "Hay que Casar al Príncipe" (1931), "El Caballero de la Noche" (1932), "El Precio de un Beso" (1933), "El Rey de...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Iglesia de San Francisco, Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Plot: Catacombs.
Pizarro, Francisco b. 1478 d. June 26, 1541
Spanish Conquistador and Conqueror of the Incan Empire. His conquest of the Incan Empire opened the way for Spain's colonization of most of South America. Born Francisco Pizarro Gonzalez, in Trujillo, Spain, he was the illegitimate son of Gonzalo Pizarro Rodriguez de Aguilar, a Spanish Army Infantry Captain, and Francisca Gonzalez Mateos, a woman of modest means from Trujillo. In February 1502, Pizarro sailed from Spain in a convoy of 30 ships carrying 2500 colonists to the New World. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Basilica Cathedral of Lima, Lima, Lima, Peru
Reiche, Maria b. May 15, 1903 d. June, 1998
Mathematician and archaeologist. She dedicated half a century to protecting and studying massive ancient drawings in the Peruvian desert. Reiche became a legend in Peru for her almost single-handed battle to preserve the Nazca lines, a set of mysterious animal figures scratched into the desert floor about 250 miles south of Lima. She was laid to rest besides the enigmatic drawings she spent half a lifetime protecting on the plains of Nazca, Peru. (Bio by: David G. Stuart)
Nazca Plains, Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Ribeyro, Julio Ramón b. August 31, 1929 d. December 4, 1994
Author. He is regarded as one of the finest Spanish-American short-story writers. Born in Lima, Perú, Ribeyro made his literary debut in 1949. In 1955 he won immediate succes for his book "Los Gallinazos Sin Plumas," (1955), becoming one of the most significant short story writers of the so-called "Latin American Boom," along with Julio Cortázar. During the late 1950s he moved to Paris, where he worked as a journalist and an ambassador for UNESCO. He was also a noted novelist and essayist. In...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Jardines de la Paz, Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Vargas Alzamora, Augusto b. November 9, 1922 d. September 4, 2000
Religious Leader. Peruvian religious leader and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A native of Lima, he joined the Society of Jesus, at the Novitiate of St. Stanislas Kotska, in Miraflores, on March 9, 1940, Later, he studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty, in San Miguel (Argentina) and in Madrid (Spain) and also at the Jesuit Theological Faculty, in Granada (Spain) and at the University of San Marcos, in Lima where he received a doctorate in education. He was ordained, on July 15...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Basilica Cathedral of Lima, Lima, Lima, Peru

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