María Rostworowski
| María Rostworowski | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
María Rostworowski Tovar 8 August 1915 Barranco, Lima, Peru |
| Died |
6 March 2016 (aged 100) Lima, Peru |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse(s) |
Count Zygmunt Broel-Plater (divorced); 1 child Alejandro Diez-Canseco Coronel-Zegarra |
| Children | Krystyna Rita Juana María |
| Parent(s) | Jan Jacek Rostworowski and Rita Tovar del Valle |
María Rostworowski Tovar de Diez Canseco (8 August 1915 – 6 March 2016) was a Peruvian historian known for her extensive and detailed publications about Peruvian Ancient Cultures and the Inca Empire.
Biography
Rostworowski was born in the Barranco district of Lima. Her father was Jan Jacek Rostworowski, a Polish aristocrat, and her mother, Rita Tovar del Valle, was from Puno. Her grandfather, Agustín Tovar, was president of the Senate and an uncle, Karol Hubert Rostworowski, was a playwright. She studied at various boarding schools in Poland, Belgium, France and England. She was a student of the Peruvian historian Raúl Porras Barrenechea at the National University of San Marcos.[1]
Rostworowski married Count Zygmunt Broel-Plater, a member of the Polish nobility. They had one daughter, Cristina Broel-Plater Rostworowski, but later divorced. She later rmarried Alejandro Diez-Canseco Coronel-Zegarra.[1]
Rostworowski served as vice-president of The National Academy of History (Academia Nacional de Historia), as director of National Museum of History from 1975 to 1980, and was a principal resident scholar at the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP) in Lima.[2] She turned 100 in August 2015.[3]
María Rostworowski died on 6 March 2016, aged 100.[4]
Decorations and awards
- National Prize of History (1953)
- Conference on Latin American History – The Howard F. Cline Prize for Ethnohistory / Honorable Mention (1981)
- Amauta of the Order de las Palmas Magisteriales (1990)
- Premio Sigillo D’Oro (City of Palermo, 1996)
- Commander of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2001)
- Medal of Honour of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (2009)
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2013)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2015)
Publications
- Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui (1953)
- Pesos y medidas en el Perú prehispánico (1960)
- Curacas y sucesiones Costa norte (1961)
- Señoríos Indígenas de Lima y Canta (1981)
- Conflicts over Coca Fields in XVI century Perú (1988)
- Historia del Tahuantinsuyu (1988) - Translated for Cambridge as "History of the Inca Realm" (1999)
- Ensayos de Historia Andina: Élites, Etnias, Recursos (1993)
- Pachacamac y el Señor de los Milagros (2004)
- Enciclopedia Temática del Perú: Incas. Lima: El Comercio S.A. (2004)
Available online
- La Mujer en el Perů prehispánico, Lima: IEP (1995)
- La Mujer en la epoca prehispánica, Lima: IEP (1988)
See also
References
- 1 2 "María de los Andes", interview by Nelson Manrique, at Cyberayllu, 1988; accessed 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Silencio, la maestra ha muerto: María Rostworowski nos dejó", lamula.pe, 6 March 2016; accessed 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Maria Rostworowski: sus 100 años y su vida dedicada a investigar la historia del Perú". La República (in Spanish). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ http://elcomercio.pe/luces/libros/fallecio-maria-rostworowski-destacada-historiadora-peruana-noticia-1884348
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