Antenor Orrego Espinoza (22 May 1892 – 17 July 1960) was a

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writer and

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ancestry. He was a member of the

American Popular Revolutionary Alliance The Peruvian Aprista Party ( es, Partido Aprista Peruano, PAP) () is a Peruvian political party and a member of the Socialist International. The party was founded as the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) by Víctor Raúl Haya de l ...

(APRA). The Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego (Antenor Orrego Private University), founded in

Trujillo, Peru Trujillo (; qu, Truhillu) is a city in coastal northwestern Peru and the capital of the Department of La Libertad. It is the third most populous city and center of the List of metropolitan areas of Peru, third most populous metropolitan area of P ...

in 1988, is named after him. Antenor Orrego was born in 1892 to José Asunción Orrego and Victoria Espinoza Villanueva in the

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in the

Department of Cajamarca Cajamarca (; qu, Kashamarka; ay, Qajamarka) is a department and region in Peru. The capital is the city of Cajamarca. It is located in the north part of the country and shares a border with Ecuador. The city has an elevation of above sea le ...

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. He died in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

in 1960.

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1892 births 1960 deaths 20th-century Peruvian writers Peruvian philosophers Peruvian journalists Male journalists Peruvian male writers North Group (Trujillo) National University of Trujillo alumni Peruvian people of Basque descent 20th-century journalists 20th-century philosophers {{Peru-philosopher-stub

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