Manuel González Prada

Manuel González Prada was born in Lima on 5 January 1844, into an aristocratic family, and dropped the particle from his name. He began law without finishing it, then lived from 1871 to 1879 on the family hacienda of Tútume, in Mala, where he carried out research in chemistry. A reservist, he fought at Miraflores in January 1881 and stayed shut away at home during the Chilean occupation. In 1891 he founded the Unión Nacional, lived about seven years in Europe, then on his return moved closer to the anarchists and the labour movement. Director of the National Library from 1912, he died in Lima on 22 July 1918.

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• EssayPáginas libresManuel González Prada · 1894not translated into EnglishLiterature