María Jesús Isabel Wiesse Romero (19 November 1894, Lima – 29 July 1964, Lima) was a Peruvian poet, writer, essayist, anthologist, and film critic.

Early life and education

María Wiesse was born on 19 November 1894 in Lima. Her parents were Teresa Romero Paz and Carlos Wiesse Portocarrero, a historian and a professor at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Wiesse spent her childhood in Lausanne, Switzerland and later in London, where her father worked as a lawyer for the

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. In 1902 she returned to Peru at the age of eight, and concluded her studies with the French nuns of the Colegio Sagrados Corazones Belén.

Career

In 1916, Wiesse started her journalistic career with cultural notes in the newspapers ''La Crónica'', ''El Perú'' and ''El Día''. Later she collaborated with the newspapers ''La Prensa'' and ''El Tiempo''. In 1918, Wiesse published two comedies: "''The older sister''" (comedy in one act and three pictures); and "''The modistón''". Around 1923 Wiesse founded the National Council of Women of Peru. Between 1923 and 1926, Wiesse traveled constantly outside Peru, she is even a source of study of the work of her husband’s travel book that he wrote about the visit that both made to Mexico, with annotations of the cultural life and the rapprochement to the social environment of that country. In 1924-1926, Wiesse published three volumes of poetry and poetry prose entitled ''Motivos lricos, Nocturnos'' and ''Glosas franciscanas''. Between 1926 and 1930, she published as series of articles in the magazine ''Amauta'', founded and directed by

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. Amauta magazine was focused on the influence of cinema on the social and cultural environment of Lima, and Wiesse published there her reviews on films and music, as well as other related articles. She also tended to write on contemporary politics, art, and everyday life. Apart from producing her own publications, Wiesse was a regular contributor to several magazines such as ''Variedades'', ''Mundial'', ''Social'', ''Hora del Hombre'', ''Messenger in agriculture'', ''Almanaque Agropecuario del Perú'', and in newspapers such as ''La Crónica''. Wiesse also wrote biographies on Santa Rosa de Lima, on Sabogal, her husband, and on her friend José Carlos Mariátegui. She published several books of stories, including ''Nocturnos'' (1925) and ''Nueve relatos'' (1954), as well as the novels ''La huachafita'' (1927), ''Diario sin dates'' (1948) and ''Tríptico'' (1953). Wiesse directed a magazine ''Familia'' aimed at the Lima's women of the middle and upper classes, where she focused on literary and musical themes to this determined reading public. She had a music program on Radio Nacional. María Wiesse died on 29 July 1964 in Lima.

Personal life

In 1922, she married the painter José Sabogal (1888-1956), with whom she had two children: José Rodolfo Sabogal Wiesse (1923-1983) and Rosa Teresa Sabogal Wiesse (1925-1985).

Published works

Travel diary

* ''Croquis de viaje'', (Lima, 1923)

Poetry

* ''Motivos líricos'' (con maderas originales de José Sabogal), (1924) * ''Nocturnos'', (Lima, 1925) * ''Glosas franciscanas'' (con maderas originales de José Sabogal), (Lima, 1926) * ''Trébol de cuatro hojas'', (Lima, 1932) * ''Canciones'', Lima, Imprenta Lux, mayo de 1934; * ''Estancias'', Lima, 1945; * ''Rosa de los vientos'', Lima, 1949; * ''Jabirú'' (diversiones al margen de la poesía), (Lima, 1951)

Novels

* ''La huachafita'' (ensayo de novela limeña), (Lima, 1927) * ''Rosario'' (historia de una niña), (Lima, 1929) * ''Diario sin fechas'' (novela), (Lima, 1948) * ''Tríptico'', (Lima, 1953)

Stories

* ''Nueve relatos'' (con maderas de José Sabogal), (Lima, 1933) * ''Quipus'', (relatos peruanos para niños), (Lima, 1936) * ''Aves nocturnas'', (Lima, 1941) * ''El mar y los piratas,'' (Lima, 1947) * ''La flauta de Marsías'' (leyendas de la música), (Lima, 1950) * ''Pequeñas historias'', (Lima, 1951) * ''Linterna mágica'', (1954) * ''La torre bermeja'', (1955) * ''El pez de oro y otras historietas absurdas'', (Lima, 1958)

Theater

* ''La hermana mayor'' (comedia en un acto y tres cuadros); El modistón (entremés), (Lima, 1918)

Biographies

* ''Santa Rosa de Lima'', Lima, Casa Editorial F. y E. Rosay, 1922. * ''

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'' (1799-1829, ensayo biográfico). Lima, Tip. de la "Voce d'Italia", 1924. * ''La romántica vida de

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'' (con maderas de José Sabogal). Lima, Club del Libro Peruano, 1939. * ''José Carlos Mariátegui'' (etapas de su vida), (Lima, 1945) * ''José Sabogal, el artista y el hombre'', (Lima, 1957)

Essays

* ''La cruz y el Sol'' (ensayo sobre mitos religiosos del antiguo Perú), (Lima, 1943) * ''Viaje al país de la música,'' (Lima, 1943) * ''Lima'', (Lima, Ediciones Contur, 1946) * ''El niño, ese desconocido,'' (Lima, 1949) * ''El mensaje de la música'', (Lima, 1952) * ''Vida del Perú y de su pueblo'' (ensayo), (Lima, 1958)

Anthologies

* ''Antología de la poesía amorosa peruana'', Lima, Ediciones Hora del Hombre, 1946.

References

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