Gamaliel Churata

Gamaliel Churata, whose real name was Arturo Pablo Peralta Miranda, was born on 19 June 1897 in Arequipa. In Puno he founded the Orkopata group, with his brother Alejandro Peralta, and its review, the Boletín Titikaka, which reached Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. Exiled to Bolivia a first time in 1917, he led the Gesta Bárbara movement in Potosí, then returned there in 1932 and stayed until 1964. A journalist and thinker, he died in Lima on 9 November 1969.

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• NarrativeEl pez de oroGamaliel Churata · 1957not translated into EnglishLiterature