Manuel Ascencio Segura

Manuel Ascencio Segura was born in Lima on 23 June 1805, the son of Juan Segura, a lieutenant in the Spanish army, and Manuela Cordero. A cadet at thirteen in the king's troops, he fought at Ayacucho at his father's side, then passed to the patriot army, where he became a captain in 1831. A civil servant and journalist, he wrote for El Comercio, founded his own papers and lived for about ten years in Piura as secretary of the prefecture. From 1839 to 1845 he was the only author to have plays regularly staged in Lima. He died in his native city on 18 October 1871.

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• TheatreÑa CatitaManuel Ascencio Segura · 1845not translated into EnglishLiterature