Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea (born March 23, 1897 in Pisco , † September 27, 1960 in Lima ) was a Peruvian historian and politician .
Life
Porras was a teacher at the Colegio Anglo-Peruano . In 1948/49 he was his country's ambassador to Spain . In 1956 he was elected to the Senate for the Lima constituency and became its first vice-president. President Manuel Prado Ugarteche appointed him foreign minister in 1958.
Honors
- 1960: Grand Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany
Works
- Historia de los Límites del Perú: Texto dictado a los alumnos del Colegio Anglo-Peruano de Lima, conforme al programa oficial. (Lima: F. y E. Rosay. 1930)
- Las relaciones primitivas de la conquista del Perú. (Paris: Impr. Les Presses modern. 1937)
- El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) (Lima: Lumen. 1946)
- Relación de la descendencia de Garci Pérez de Vargas (1596) . Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Reproducción facsimilar del manuscrito original with a prólogo a cargo de Raúl Porras Barrenechea. (Lima: Instituto de Historia. 1951)
- El Inca Garcilaso, en Montilla, 1561-1614 ": nuevos documentos hallados y publicados . (Lima: Instituto de Historia-Editorial San Marcos 1955)
- El Paisaje Peruano de Garcilaso a Riva Aguero. (Lima: Imprenta Santa María. 1955)
- Cartas del Perú, 1524-1543. (Lima: Sociedad de Bibliófilos Peruanos. 1959)
- Antologia del Cusco . (Lima: Librería Internacional del Perú. 1961)
- Fuentes Históricas Peruanas: Apuntes de un curso universitario. (Lima: Instituto Raúl Porras Barrenechea. 1963)
- Los Cronistas del Perú. (Lima: Sanmartí Impresores. 1962)
- Pizarro (Lima: Editorial Pizarro. 1978)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porras Barrenechea, Raúl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian historian and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pisco |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1960 |
| Place of death | Lima |