Inca Garcilaso de la Vega is widely considered a canonical author in colonial Latin American literature, and his works are seminal sources for the history of the Inca Empire and early years of Spanish colonization. Born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa in Cuzco on April 12 1539, he was the son of the Spanish captain Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega y Vargas, who had arrived in Peru with Pedro de Alvarado, a prominent figure in the conquests of both Mexico and Guatemala. His mother was the ñusta Chimpu Ocllo (christened Isabel Suárez), an Inca noblewoman and the niece of Huayna Capac, the granddaughter of Tupac Yupanqui, and a cousin of Huáscar and Atahualpa, the last of the Inca rulers before the Europeans seized control. Despite the fact that his parents were not married, Inca Garcilaso…
2760 words
Citation: Pérez Marín, Yarí. "Inca Garcilaso de la Vega". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 September 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13468, accessed 16 April 2024.]
