Andrés Alencastre Gutiérrez

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Andrés Alencastre Gutiérrez , also Kilku Warak'a or Killku Warak'a (* 1909 at the Hacienda of Parq'o , Canas Province , Cusco Region , Peru ; † August 22, 1984 in Pacobamba , Canas Province) was a large Peruvian landowner (Hacendado ), Poet and playwright who wrote in Spanish and Cusco-Quechua . According to José María Arguedas (1955) he was the most important Quechua poet since the 18th century.

Life

Andrés Alencastre was born in 1909 on his father's hacienda in Parq'o on Lake Langui . He attended a one-class village school, then a Salesian school in Cusco and the Colegio Nacional de Ciencias there until 1929. In 1921 he lost his father Leopoldo, who was slain by peasants in a rebellion.

From 1940 to 1945 Alencastre studied education at the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco and graduated with a thesis on "Literacy in Peru". During his student days he wrote his first poems, including Puna desolada , Maizalito quebradino and En la laguna de Layo . His first play, Pongo Killkito , written in Quechua, was performed in some Quechua villages and received enthusiastically. For his poem Illimani he received the first prize for poetry in Bolivia. He wrote under the Quechua pseudonym Kilku Warak'a (also Killku Warak'a : Kilku , little Andrés, warak'a , slingshot).

Alencastre taught Spanish at the Colegio Nacional Mateo Pumacahua in Sicuani , where José María Arguedas had previously worked. He then worked as a lecturer at the Chair of Quechua in Cusco . In 1960 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the topic of "Phonetics, Semantics and Syntax of Quechua".

In 1950 he published his plays Los arrieros , Ch'allakuy , El ayllu de Qhapatinta , El pongo Killkito and Los cumpleaños de Catita under the title Dramas y comedias del Ande . In 1952 his book Taki parwa (Flowers of Songs) was published with thirty poems in Cusco-Quechua , which deal with nature, the mountain spirits ( Apu ) and love. This was followed by the two volumes of Quechua poetry Taki ruru (fruit of songs) with 32 poems in 1960 and Yawar para (rain of blood) in 1972.

After retiring from university, Alencastre moved to El Descanso ("The Recreation"), in a family home in Canas Province. On August 22, 1984, he was killed by farmers in a hut in Pacobamba, where he had holed up with a rifle from the attackers. His body was mutilated.

reception

José María Arguedas expressed his surprise at the author and Taki parwa in 1955 : “This volume of poetry can be regarded as the most important contribution to Quechua literature since the 18th century. In terms of the author's mastery of the language, he can be compared to Ollantay . We believed that such a mastery of the language was no longer achievable for today's Quechua-speaking people. "

Works

Poems in Quechua

  • Taki parwa (Cusco, 1952)
  • Taki ruru (Cusco, 1964)
  • Yawar para (Cusco, 1972)

With translation into Spanish

  • Kilku Warak'a: Taki parwa . Traducción al castellano de Odi Gonzales . Biblioteca Municipal del Cusco, 2008.

items

  • Fonética, semántica y síntaxis quechua (Qusqu, 1953)

Plays

  • Dramas y comedias del Ande (Qusqu, 1955)
  • Cállaky
  • El pongo Kilkito

literature

  • José María Arguedas (1955): Taki parwa y la poesía quechua de la República . Letras peruanas IV (12), p. 73.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Alencastre Gutiérrez, Andrés
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Warak'a, Kilku; Warak'a, killku
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Peruvian landowner (Hacendado), poet and dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Hacienda of Parq'o , Canas Province , Cusco Region , Peru
DATE OF DEATH 22nd August 1984
Place of death Pacobamba , Canas Province , Cusco Region , Peru