Abraham Valdelomar

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Abraham Valdelomar was a notable Peruvian writer, poet and art illustrator

Apr 27, 1888

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: April 27, 1888
  • Died on: November 3, 1919
  • Nationality: Peruvian
  • Famous: Narrator, Writers, Poets, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Essayists
  • Siblings: María Valdelomar
  • Cause of death: Accident
  • Birth Place: Pisco

Abraham Valdelomar born at

Pisco

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Birth Place

On November 1, 1919, he suffered an accident while on a tour in Ayacucho, Huamanga province, that consequently caused his death two days later.

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Personal Life

On November 3, 1919, he died as a result of an accident in Ayacucho at the age of 33.

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Personal Life

Abraham Valdelomar’s literary works continued to be published even after his death in 1919.

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Personal Life

Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was born on April 27, 1888, to Anfiloquio Valdelomar Fajardo and Carolina Pinto.

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Childhood & Early Life

He received primary education at the Municipal School No. 3 of Chincha in the city of Pisco.

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Childhood & Early Life

Between 1900 and 1904, he attended the National College of Our Lady of Guadalupe de Lima.

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Childhood & Early Life

From 1905 to 1906, he was enrolled at the University Mayor of San Marcos. He left the university in 1906 to begin employment with ‘Aplausos y Silbidos (Applauses and Whistles)’ magazine as a draftsman.

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Childhood & Early Life

He founded the ‘Billinghurst University Club’ in order to promote the presidential candidature of Guillermo Billinghurst.

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Childhood & Early Life

In 1903, he, along with Manuel A. Bedoya, founded the magazine ’La Guadalupana Idea’.

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Career

In 1906, he started contributing caricatures and poems to a number of illustrated magazines and periodicals, and soon abandoned university life completely to pursue a career in journalism.

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Career

He served as the artistic director of ‘Aplausos y Silbidos (Applauses and Whistles)’.

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Career

His first poem, ’Ha Vivido Mi Alma (My Soul Has Lived)’, was published in the magazine ‘Contemporaneos’ on July 15, 1909.

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Career

His first stories were published in ‘Peruana’, a variety magazine, in 1910.

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Career

His first poem, ’Ha Vivido Mi Alma (My Soul Has Lived)’ was published on July 15, 1909.

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Major Works

His novels ’La Ciudad de los Tisicos (The City of Consumptives)’ and ‘La Ciudad Muerta (The Dead City)’ were published as a series in newspapers in 1910. These two novels are considered to be modern writings.

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Major Works

He wrote ‘Cronicas de Roma (Chronicles of Rome)’ while he was in Rome in 1913.

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Major Works

‘La Mariscala (The Female Marshal)’ is a fictional biography of President Agustin Gamarra’s wife, Dona Francisca Zubiaga. The biography was published in 1914.

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Major Works

‘Ensayo Sobre la Psicologia del Gallinazo (Essay on the Psychology of Gallinazo)’ was published in 1917. This essay offers his brutally honest view of Lima.

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Major Works