Ricardo Palma
Peruvian writer
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- Died:
- October 6, 1919, Lima (aged 86)
Ricardo Palma (born February 7, 1833, Lima, Peru—died October 6, 1919, Lima) was a Peruvian writer best known for his collected legends of colonial Peru, one of the most popular collections in Spanish American literature. At age 20 Palma joined the Peruvian navy and in 1860 was forced by political exigencies to flee to Chile, where he devoted himself to journalism. Six years later he returned to Lima to join the revolutionary movement against Spain. He also took part in the War of the Pacific (1879–83; it arose between Peru and Chile as a dispute over territory) and during the ...(100 of 284 words)