Manuel Scorza

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Manuel Scorza


Born
in Lima, Peru
September 09, 1928

Died
November 27, 1983

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Manuel Scorza (September 7, 1928 - November 27, 1983) was an important Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist, exiled under the regime of Manuel Odría. He was born in Lima.
He is best known for the series of five novels, known collectively as "The Silent War," that began with Redoble por Rancas (1970). All five have been translated into more than forty languages, including English.
He died when his plane, Avianca Flight 011, crashed on approach to Madrid's Barajas Airport after striking a series of hilltops. The crash killed 181 passengers, including Uruguayan literary critic Ángel Rama and Mexican writer Jorge Ibargüengoitia.
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Redoble por Rancas

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4.12 avg rating — 629 ratings — published 1970 — 53 editions
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La danza immobile

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Storia di Garabombo l'invis...

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Il cavaliere insonne: Canta...

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The Ballad of Agapito Robles

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La vampata

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Historia de Garabombo, el i...

4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions
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Poesía

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Manuel Scorza

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Obra poética

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Redoble por Rancas Storia di Garabombo l'invis... Il cavaliere insonne: Canta... The Ballad of Agapito Robles La vampata
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“En todos los tiempos el rostro del Poder fue visible. ¿Qué son la arquitectura, la pintura, la música de esas edades, sino monumentos, alabanzas creadas en honor de los rostros del Poder: monarcas, príncipes, reinas palpables? El Poder siempre tuvo una cara a la que era posible amar u odia, alabar o insultar, suplicar o guillotinar. Con la locura del capitalismo nació la sociedad sin rostro. Para Lenin, la última etapa del capitalismo es el imperialismo, pero no, la última etapa del capitalismo es la esquizofrenia, la separación de la realidad. Hacia finales del siglo XIX-pensé- ocurrió un hecho sin precedentes: el rostro del capitalismo desapareció enmascarado detrás de las sociedades anónimas. La perversidad de nuestro tiempo fue la aparición de las sociedades anónimas. Gracias a las tinieblas de las sociedades anónimas por primera vez en la historia los hombres ejercen impunemente el Poder. Los Presidentes de las Repúbilcas no son sino fantoches, antifaces: detrás de ellos está el rostro sin rostro de las transnacionales. Hoy el Poder lo ejercen hombres cuyos rostros no conoceremos jamás: los invisibles propietarios, los misteriosos hombres sin cara de las multinacionales.

- Págs. 162-163 de "La danza inmóvil" de Manuel Scorza. 1983”
Manuel Scorza, La danza immobile

“L'unica terra gratis che hanno i poveri è quella delle unghie.”
Manuel Scorza, Storia di Garabombo l'invisibile

“Nel mondo ha sempre regnato un ordine: sopra quelli che devono stare sopra e sotto quelli che devono stare sotto.”
Manuel Scorza, The Ballad of Agapito Robles

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