Enrique Fidel Verástegui Peláez (24 April 1950 – 27 July 2018) was a Peruvian author and mathematician. He was a member of Movimiento Hora Zero with the poets Jorge Pimentel, Juan Ramírez Ruiz, Jorge Nájar, Enriqueta Belevan and Carmen Ollé. He was born in

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but grew up in the city of

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. He finished his secondary studies at G.U.E. José Buenaventura Sepúlveda in that same city. After moving to Lima, he studied economics, administration and accounting at the National University of San Marcos. In 1975 he recorded his poems for the Library of Congress of the United States and worked for

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. In 1976 he received a

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. In 1977, he co-founded the Segunda Etapa of Movimiento Hora Zero in Paris with José Carlos Rodríguez and André Laude and published his book ''The Motor of Desire'' (''El motor del deseo''). In 1978, representing the

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vian community, he read his poems at the tomb of

César Vallejo César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators ...

, which earned him the congratulations of

Julio Ramón Ribeyro Julio Ramón Ribeyro Zúñiga (31 August 1929 – 4 December 1994) was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories. He was also successful in other genres: novel, essay, theater, diary and aphorism. In the year of his death, he was awarded ...

, the Peruvian consul to

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. In 1992 he published his novel trilogy, entitled ''Terceto de Lima''. In 1999 he wrote ''Pro-total Apology: Essay on Stephen Hawkings'', the Peruvian equivalent of the ''

Novum Organum The ''Novum Organum'', fully ''Novum Organum, sive Indicia Vera de Interpretatione Naturae'' ("New organon, or true directions concerning the interpretation of nature") or ''Instaurationis Magnae, Pars II'' ("Part II of The Great Instauratio ...

'' by

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, which suggests original developments of algebra. He also invented the Scientific Research Method of pre-duction, which is superior to induction and deduction. He also published ''El Modelo del Teorema'' (''The model of the theorem'').Enrique Fidel Verástegui Peláez, referencias

Works

Poetry

Philosophy

Theory of Poetry

* ''El análisis de la poesía.''

Mathematics

Travel Journals

Novels

Tales

Theater

* ''El exorcismo de Bellmer.'' * ''Agonizar: homenaje a César Vallejo''

Music and ballet

* ''Proyecto para una òpera en New York''. * ''En los sótanos más cochinos de la belleza.''

Art

* ''La expansión matemàtica. (Arte cognitivo)''.

Scripts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verastegui, Enrique 1950 births 2018 deaths People from Lima Peruvian poets Peruvian philosophers Peruvian novelists Peruvian writers National University of San Marcos alumni