Fredy Roncalla

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

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

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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