Felipe Pardo y Aliaga (11 June 1806,

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– 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

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, 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

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, 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 Pardo family 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