Alcides Arguedas
Alcides Arguedas (born July 15, 1879 in La Paz , † May 6, 1946 in Chulumani ) was a Bolivian writer, politician and historian.
Life
Alcides Arguedas was born on July 15, 1879 in La Paz. He studied law and political science in La Paz, later sociology in Paris. In several diplomatic trips he represented Bolivia in Great Britain, France, Spain, Colombia and Venezuela. He was also a member of parliament (1916), senator (1940) and at times also Minister of Agriculture.
All his life he observed the customs and cultures of the plateau in the Andes very closely, his work deals with the fate of the Indian population. He pursued racist-evolutionist theses, according to which the Indian population must be separated from the non-Indian population and is rather negative for the development of the country.
He died on May 6, 1946 in Chulumani, the administrative capital of the Sud Yungas Province .
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| year | plant | Literary genre | Publishing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Pisagua | Novella | Velarde, Aldozoza y Cía-La Paz |
| 1904 | Wata-Wara | Novella | Luis Tasso-Barcelona |
| 1905 | Vida criolla (South American life) |
Novella | E. Cordova-La Paz |
| 1919 | Raza de bronce (brown-skinned [= indigenous] race) |
Novella | González y Medina-La Paz |
| 1909 | Pueblo enfermo. Contribución a la psicología de los pueblos hispanoamericanos (Sick People) (pessimistic social criticism of Bolivia) |
essay | Vda. de Tasso-Barcelona |
| 1934 | La danza de las sombras (The dance of the shadows) |
essay | López y Cía-Barcelona |
| 1989 | De cara a la realidad. De cómo y por qué se derrumban las naciones |
essay | La Juventud-La Paz |
| 1920 | La fundación de la República (The founding of the republic) |
history | - |
| 1922 | Historia general de Bolivia. El proceso de la nacionalidad (1809–1921) (General history of Bolivia) |
history | Arnó Hermanos-La Paz |
| 1923 | Los caudillos letrados. La confederación Peru-Boliviana. Ingavia (The educated leaders) |
history | López y Cía-Barcelona |
| 1924 | La plebe en acción (1848–1857) (The people on the move) |
history | López y Cía-Barcelona |
| 1909 | Los caudillos barbaros. Historia, resurrección. La tragedia de un pueblo (The Uneducated Leaders) |
history | Vda. de Tasso-Barcelona |
| 1926 | Política y la Guerra del Chaco (Politics and the Chaco War ) |
history | López y Cía-Barcelona |
| 1926 | La dictadura y la anarquía (The dictatorship and the anarchy) |
history | Vda. de Tasso-Barcelona |
Secondary literature
- Angela Dencker: The Indio in Bolivian society and literature at the turn of the century , Lang, Frankfurt a. M./Bern/New York 1983
- Octavio Salamanca: En defensa de Bolivia Respuesta á 'Pueblo Enfermo' Libro escrito por el Sr. A. Arguedas , La Ilustración, Cochabamba 1914
Web links
- Literature by and about Alcides Arguedas in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arguedas, Alcides |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bolivian writer, politician and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Paz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1946 |
| Place of death | Chulumani |