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Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

1539 - 1616

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Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (12 April 1539 – 23 April 1616), born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and known as El Inca, was a chronicler and writer born in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Sailing to Spain at 21, he was educated informally there, where he lived and worked the rest of his life. The natural son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca noblewoman born in the early years of the conquest, he is known primarily for his chronicles of Inca history, culture, and society. His work was widely read in Europe, influential and well received. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega is the 1,256th most popular writer (down from 894th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Peru (down from 18th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Peruvian Writer.

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega is most famous for his work "Comentarios Reales de los Incas" which is about the history of the Inca Empire.

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Among writers, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 1,256 out of 7,302. Before him are Léon Bloy, Annette Kellermann, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Valerie Solanas, Josef Čapek, and John of Ruusbroec. After him are Ivan Kotliarevsky, Émile Gaboriau, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Siegfried Kracauer, John Tzetzes, and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle.

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Among people born in 1539, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 3. Before him are Alessandro Valignano, and Federico Zuccari. After him are Fausto Sozzini, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Chōsokabe Motochika. Among people deceased in 1616, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 7. Before him are William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Vincenzo Scamozzi, and Jacob Le Maire. After him are John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Johannes Fabricius, and Kuzma Minin.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 26 out of 287. Before him are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Alan García (1949), Túpac Huallpa (1510), Abimael Guzmán (1934), Hilda Gadea (1925), and Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928). After him are Sinchi Roca (1230), Dina Boluarte (1962), César Vallejo (1892), Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943), Mayta Cápac (1290), and Inca Roca (1350).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 4. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936), Isabel Allende (1942), and Carlos Castaneda (1925). After him are César Vallejo (1892), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), 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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