Manuel Scorza

Manuel Scorza

Novelist and Poet Manuel Scorza
Born September 9, 1928
Lima, Peru
Died November 27, 1983(1983-11-27) (aged 55)
Mejorada del Campo, Madrid, Spain
Occupation Novelist, Poet, Political activist
Language Spanish
Nationality Peruvian
Citizenship Peruvian
Period 1955 - 1983

Manuel Scorza (September 9, 1928  November 27, 1983) was an important Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist, exiled under the regime of Manuel Odría. He was born in Lima.

He is best known for the series of five novels, known collectively as "The Silent War," that began with Redoble por Rancas (1970). All five have been translated into more than forty languages, including English.

He died when his plane, Avianca Flight 011, crashed on approach to Madrid's Barajas Airport after striking a series of hilltops. The crash killed 181 passengers, including Mexican novelist and playwright Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic Ángel Rama, and Argentinian art critic Marta Traba.[1]

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