José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (born 1894)

José Carlos Mariátegui

Peruvian writer and academic (1894–1930)

José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira, sometimes referred to in Peru as El Amauta, was a Peruvian writer, sociologist, historian, journalist, politician, and Marxist philosopher. A prolific author despite his early death, Mariátegui is considered one of the greatest scholars of Latin…