Enrique Verástegui
Enrique Fidel Verástegui Peláez (24 April 1950 – 27 July 2018), was a Peruvian poet, physicist, philosopher and mathematician. He was born in Lima. In 1975 he recorded his poems for the Library of Congress of the United States and worked for El Colegio de México.[2] On 1976 he received the Guggenheim Fellowship.[3]
Enrique Verástegui | |
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 Enrique Verástegui in 2011 | |
| Born | 24 April 1950 |
| Died | 27 July 2018 (aged 68) Lima, Perú |
| Alma mater | National University of San Marcos |
| Occupation | Economist, poet, essayist, philosopher, storyteller, novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, musician, watercolorist, physicist, logician and mathematician |
| Spouse(s) | Carmen Ollé[1] |
| Children | Vanessa Verástegui Ollé |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
In 1978, representing the Peruvian community, he reads his poems before the tomb of César Vallejo, which earned him the congratulations of Julio Ramón Ribeyro, consul of Peru to UNESCO.
Verástegui died in Lima on 27 July 2018 from a heart attack, aged 68.[4]
References
- ↑ Enrique Verástegui, una temporada en Arequipa (testimonio) (in Spanish)
- ↑ Enrique Verástegui. (in Spanish)
- ↑ Enrique Fidel Verástegui (in Spanish)
- ↑ Peruvian Rebel Poet Enrique Verastegui Dies Aged 68