Felipe Pardo y Aliaga (11 June 1806,

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, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

– 24 December 1868, Lima) was a

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vian poet, satirist, playwright, lawyer and politician.

Biography

A member of Lima's aristocratic elite, his father was Manuel Pardo Ribadeneira, ''

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'' of the

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, and his mother was Mariana de Aliaga y Borda, daughter of the 2nd Marquise of Fuente Hermosa de Miranda. He was, along with Manuel Ascencio Segura, the most important representative of early Republican Peruvian literature. After independence he participated in political affairs, defending conservative causes. He became a diplomat, representing Peru in

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and a minister in the cabinet of presidents

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and

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. Pardo married Petronila de Lavalle y Cabrero, daughter of the 2nd Count of Premio Real. He was father of Manuel Justo Pardo Lavalle and grandfather of José Pardo y Barreda, presidents of the Republic.

Works

Essays and travelogues

*''Un viaje'' 1840 "El viaje del niño Goyito"Culture and Customs of Peru César Ferreira, Eduardo Dargent-Chamot - 2003 - Page 114 "Republic appeared was the popular Nino Goyito (Master Goyito), the protagonist of Un viaje (A Voyage; 1840), by Felipe Pardo y Aliaga (1806- 1868)"

Poetry

* ''El carnaval de Lima'', 1929 * ''La jeta del guerrero'', 1925 * ''La nariz'' * ''Los paraísos de Sempronio'' * ''El ministro y el aspirante'' * ''A mi levita'' * ''Qué guapos chicos'' * ''Corrida de toros'' * ''La lámpara'', 1844 * ''A mi hijo en sus días'', 1855 * ''Vaya una República'', 1856 * ''El Perú'', 1856 * ''Constitución política'', 1859

Plays

* ''Frutos de la educación'', 1830 * ''Una huérfana en Chorrillos'', 1833 * ''Don Leocadio y el aniversario de Ayacucho'', 1833

References

1806 births 1868 deaths 19th-century Peruvian poets 19th-century Peruvian lawyers Peruvian diplomats Government ministers of Peru Writers from Lima Peruvian male poets 19th-century male writers National University of San Marcos alumni {{peru-writer-stub