José María Arguedas

Peru (1911 - 1969)

José María Arguedas Altamirano was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist who wrote mainly in Spanish, although some of his poetry is in Quechua. Arguedas was ethnically Mestizo, being of mixed Spanish and Quechua descent himself.

Novels

   Deep Rivers (1973)
   Yawar Fiesta (1985)
   The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below (2000)