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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala

1535 - 1615

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Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (c. 1535 – after 1616), also known as Huamán Poma or Waman Poma, was a Quechua nobleman known for chronicling and denouncing the ill treatment of the natives of the Andes by the Spanish Empire after their conquest of Peru. Today, Guaman Poma is noted for his illustrated chronicle, El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is the 1,634th most popular writer (up from 1,905th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Peru and the 6th most popular Peruvian Writer.

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Among writers, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 1,634 out of 7,302. Before him are Rodulfus Glaber, Lycophron, Wen Tianxiang, Ira Levin, Michael Moorcock, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola. After him are Harlan Coben, Pehr Henrik Ling, Babrius, Robert Desnos, Boualem Sansal, and Robert Silverberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1535, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 13. Before him are Alessandro Allori, Giambattista della Porta, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Luis de Molina, Martin Frobisher, and Sayri Túpac. After him are Catherine Stenbock, Marcantonio Colonna, Titu Cusi, Frans Hogenberg, Lucrezia d'Este, and Marc'Antonio Ingegneri. Among people deceased in 1615, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 9. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyori, Giambattista della Porta, Sanada Yukimura, Yodo-dono, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, and Heo Jun. After him are Claudio Acquaviva, Dom Justo Takayama, Virginia de' Medici, Pieter Both, Adriaan van Roomen, and Sō Yoshitoshi.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 36 out of 287. Before him are Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943), Mayta Cápac (1290), Inca Roca (1350), Alejandro Toledo (1946), Juan Velasco Alvarado (1910), and Sayri Túpac (1535). After him are Lloque Yupanqui (1260), Yawar Waqaq (1380), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Cápac Yupanqui (1320), Juliane Koepcke (1954), and Titu Cusi (1535).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 6. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936), Isabel Allende (1942), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), and César Vallejo (1892). After him are José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), José María Arguedas (1911), Ciro Alegría (1909), Ricardo Palma (1833), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), and Clorinda Matto de Turner (1854).

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