Limitryu Tupaq Yupanki (

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''Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui Martínez'') (22 December 1923 – 3 May 2018) was a

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professor (or more accurate

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), a translator from Castilian to Quechua and journalist. He went to

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, where he studied Philosophy at the

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, and then Law at the

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. He worked in the newspaper ''La Prensa'', and began teaching Quechua. Subsequently, he opened his own academy, Yachay Wasi. He also taught in the United States. In November 2005, thanks to his work, the Quechua translation of the Spanish classic ''

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'' was finally published with the name ''Yachay sapa wiraqucha dun Qvixote Manchamantan'' In 2008, his work The Quechua Course was translated into

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by A. Skromnitsky. He died on May 3, 2018.Descanse en paz, amauta. Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui falleció a los 94 años

References

External links

* ''El Quijote en quechua'' in web ttp://clubdetraductoresliterariosdebaires.blogspot.pe/2015/07/el-quijote-en-quechua.html Club de Traductores Literarios de Buenos Aires.* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tupac, Demetrio 1923 births 2018 deaths People from Cusco Peruvian philosophers 20th-century Peruvian lawyers Pontifical Catholic University of Peru alumni National University of San Marcos alumni Quechua-language writers Peruvian translators Translators to Quechua 20th-century translators Translators of Don Quixote