José Carlos Mariátegui (died 1930)

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…