Fredy Roncalla
BornFredy Amílcar Roncalla Fernández
1953 (age 6970)
Chalhuanca, Apurímac, Peru
Occupationpoet, artist
LanguageQuechua, Spanish
NationalityPeruvian
Genrepoetry

Fredy Amílcar Roncalla Fernández (born Chalhuanca, Apurímac, 1953) is a Quechua-language writer and artist.

Life and career

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]

Publications

  • 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).

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Voyager: Greetings in 55 languages". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved March 14, 2011 via YouTube.
  3. "Ciberayllu: Fredy Roncalla". Ciberayllu.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. "Executive Council". Chirapaq.org.pe. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. "Presentation of the Bilingual (Quechua/Spanish) Book "Huambar Poetastro" w/ Fredy Roncalla". Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
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