The Peruvian North American Cultural Institute ( es, link=no, Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano; ICPNA, ) is a binational

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that teaches

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and promotes the

cultural exchange Cultural diplomacy is a type of public diplomacy and soft power that includes the "exchange of ideas, information, art, language and other aspects of culture among nations and their peoples in order to foster mutual understanding". The purpose ...

between

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and the United States.

History

The institute was inaugurated on June 2, 1938, through an alliance between the

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and a group of intellectuals, after which it acquired a building of its own in the

Jirón de la Unión The Jirón de la Unión, or Union Street, is a pedestrian street located in the Historic Centre of Lima, part of the capital of Peru. For many decades it was the most important boulevards of the city, often described as the most aristocratic, where ...

(No. 892) in 1942 (it would later move to the calle del Corcovado). Its

opening ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly-constructed location or the start of an event.

was attended by then President

Manuel Prado Ugarteche Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche (April 21, 1889 – August 15, 1967) was a banker who served twice as President of Peru. Son of former president Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the nation's 43rd (1939 - 1945) and 46th ...

. It started publishing its own magazine three years later, directed by

Estuardo Núñez Hague Estuardo Núñez Hague (5 September 1908 – 29 August 2013) was a Peruvian writer, literary critic, historian and university professor. He was considered to be the “founder of modern poetry in Peru." Biography Estuardo Núñez was born in ...

, and started events organising events featuring local artists, such as

Fernando de Szyszlo Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar (5 July 1925 – 9 October 2017) was a Peruvian painter, sculptor, printmaker, and teacher who was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading plastic art ...

in 1947 and

Maria Reiche Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann (15 May 1903 – 8 June 1998) was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941 together with American ...

in 1955. A new building in Miraflores was inaugurated in 1963, which was visited by astronaut

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three years later. Another building was opened in San Miguel in 1997. Since the 21st century, the institute has expanded to other cities in the country.

References

{{coord missing, Peru Peru–United States relations Schools of English as a second or foreign language Cultural centers in Peru

History

See also

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