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Fredy Roncalla
Peruvian writer
Fredy Amílcar Roncalla Fernández (born 1953) is a Quechua-language writer and artist.
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Fredy Roncalla | |
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| Born | Fredy Amílcar Roncalla Fernández 1953 (age 70–71) Chalhuanca, Apurímac, Peru |
| Occupation | poet, artist |
| Language | Quechua, Spanish |
| Nationality | Peruvian |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru |
| Genre | poetry |
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Roncalla studied at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, and then migrated to the United States to work at Cornell University.[1] While at Cornell, Roncalla's voice was included in NASA's Voyager Golden Record, a project chaired by professor Carl Sagan.[2] He currently lives and writes in the New York metropolitan area where he also has established his artisan work.[3]
Additionally, Roncalla is an executive council member of Chirapaq, Indigenous-lead organization in Peru.[4]
- Canto de Pájaro o invocación a la palabra (Buffon Press, 1984)
- Escritos Mitimaes: hacia una poética andina postmoderna (Barro Editorial Press, 1989)[5]
- Hawansuyo Ukun Words (Pakarina Ediciones/Hawansuyo, 2015)
- Revelación en la senda del Manzanar: Homenaje a Juan Ramírez Ruiz (Pakarina Ediciones/Hawansuyo, 2016).
- Isbell, Billie Jean; Roncalla, Fredy Amilcar (10 January 1977). "The Ontogenesis of Metaphor: Riddle Games among Quechua Speakers Seen as Cognitive Discovery Procedures". Ecommons.cornell.edu. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- "Voyager: Greetings in 55 languages". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved March 14, 2011 – via YouTube.
- "Ciberayllu: Fredy Roncalla". Ciberayllu.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- "Executive Council". Chirapaq.org.pe. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- "Presentation of the Bilingual (Quechua/Spanish) Book "Huambar Poetastro" w/ Fredy Roncalla". Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.