José María Eguren

José María Eguren was born in Lima on 7 July 1874. He spent a large part of his youth on the family haciendas of Chuquitanta and Pro, where his family took refuge during the War of the Pacific; having entered the Jesuit college of the Immaculate late, he then educated himself, helped by his brother Jorge. After the death of his parents, in 1897, he settled with his sisters in Barranco, where he lived for over thirty years, as much a painter, photographer and inventor as a poet. From 1931 to 1940, he worked at the library of the Ministry of Public Instruction. He died in Lima on 19 April 1942.

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• PoetryLa canción de las figurasJosé María Eguren · 1916not translated into EnglishLiterature