List of Famous people born in Apurímac, Peru

José María Arguedas

José María Arguedas Altamirano

First Name José

Last Name Arguedas

Born on January 18, 1911

Died on November 28, 1969 (aged 58)

Born in Peru, Apurímac

José María Arguedas Altamirano was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist. Arguedas was an author of Spanish descent, with a rare fluency in the native Quechua language, gained by living in two Quechua households from the age of 7 to 11 - first in the indigenous servant quarters of his step-mother's home, then, escaping her "perverse and cruel" son, with an indigenous family approved by his father - who wrote novels, short stories, and poems in both Spanish and Quechua.

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Dina Boluarte

Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra

First Name Dina

Born on May 31, 1962 (age 64)

Born in Peru, Apurímac

Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who is the current Vice President of Peru since 2021. She has been a RENIEC official since 2007.

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