Anonymous, Tragedia del fin de Atawallpa [Tragedy of the Death of Atawallpa]

Charles Pigott (University of Cambridge)

Ed. by Cara Levey, University College Cork
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 5.1.1: Hispanic Writing and Culture of South America.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Carolina Orloff (Independent Scholar - Europe), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1957

Places

Bolivia (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Folk Literature

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The

Atau Wallpaj p’uchukakuyninpa wankan

, or

Tragedia del fin de Atawallpa

[

Tragedy of the Death of Atawallpa

] (henceforth

Tragedia

), is one of the most well-known and yet enigmatic works of literature in Quechua, the most widespread family of indigenous Andean languages. It was first published by the Bolivian Quechuaphile, Jesús Lara, in 1957, in a bilingual Quechua/Spanish edition, followed by a subsequent Spanish translation by Teodoro Meneses in 1983. Lara, born in the town of Muela in 1898, published diverse works of poetry and prose in both Quechua and Spanish until his death in 1980, including his own creations as well as several Quechua texts which, like the

Tragedia

, he claimed to have acquired from ancient manuscripts. Along with Peruvian writers such as José María…

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Citation: Pigott, Charles. "Tragedia del fin de Atawallpa". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 January 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35701, accessed 02 May 2024.]

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