There are various characters in Ancash; Likewise, in the Province of Huaraz that over the years have been part of their cultures and that today, more than just characters from yesteryear that we all respect, have become legends in which they are studied both in college and universities.
Oscar Colchado Lucio
Born in 1947 in the district of Huallanca, Ancashino poet and writer who received recognized awards for his excellence in writing. It was born in the district of Huallanca in 1947, when the famous Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo put into practice the facilities of the Pato canyon that allowed Chimbote to be a powerhouse with electrical energy.
Pastorita Huaracina
María Dictenia Alvarado Trujillo was born in Malvas, Huarmey on December 19, 1930, known under the artistic pseudonym Pastorita Huaracina. She was an outstanding singer-songwriter of Andean music from Peru, her popularity was national and international. At the same time, she ventured into radio and television as a producer, director and entertainer, and also developed as a cultural promoter. He died at the age of 71 on May 24, 2001, in the city of Lima.
Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo
Born in the Province of Aija in 1887, a great electrical engineer graduated in France. Recognized for his wisdom and for the great legacy he has left us Ancashinos with the hydroelectric plant.
Carlos Fermin Fitzcarrald
Born in the City of San Luis (Conchucos) on July 6, 1862. He studied at the national school of Huaraz and at the Liceo Peruano de Lima. When his father died, he headed towards eastern Peru in order to try his fortune, and that is where he became an expert rubber tapper and merchant. He became a wealthy man and with his explorations he helped Peru a lot in protecting and delimiting its borders. He died on July 9, 1897, when the boat he was traveling in sank.
Ladislao Meza Landaveri
Born in Huaraz in 1892 Peruvian writer and journalist, born in the city of Huaraz, capital of Ancash. He was called The Bohemian of the Alón Hat or simply The Cholo Meza. Partner of Jose Carlos Mariátegui and Cesar Falcón. Comedian and writer of notable qualities, he died too young in 1925 in the capital of Limeña.
Augusto Soriano Infante
He was born in Caraz in 1903. A native of Caraz, he was an archaeologist and founder of the Regional Archaeological Museum of Ancash. He became a Doctor in Theology awarded by the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos. Director of the Huaraz Charity, mayor of Huaraz. In 1934 he founded, with several intellectuals from Ancash, the Society of Archaeological and Folklore Studies, whose goal was the founding of a museum. He died in Lima in 1974.
Marco Yauri Montero
Born in 1930 in Huaraz, Ancash Carrador, poet, essayist and graduate in history. Author of numerous novels and works of ethnohistory.
Teresa González de Fanning
Nepeña, Ancash August 12, 1836 Peruvian educator, writer and journalist. Considered as the precursor of the comprehensive education of women, with a practical connotation, which included their job training, so that they could achieve their liberation, at a time (19th century and early 20th century) when it was still believed that training feminine had to be oriented exclusively for marriage and conjugal tasks. He died on April 7, 1918, a victim of pneumonia, at the advanced age of 82.
Marshal Toribio of Luzuriaga
Born on April 16, 1782 in Huaraz. He was the first Peruvian named Marshal. He held administrative positions in the viceregal governments of Chile and Argentina and one of those who helped with the independence of Peru, but fate caused him to commit suicide with a shot to the head when he lived in Argentina.
Rosa Cerna Guardia
She is one of the Peruvian writers with the longest history in creating books for children and young people. In 1957 she published “images in the water”, a poem with delicate lyricism, which also characterizes her narrative work. Later he published the collections of poems “figures of time” (1958), “The sea and the mountains” (1959), “ Desde el alba ” (1966) and Escrito en Barranco (1987). For her lyrical production, she has been awarded the International Prize for Poetic Prose on the Encyclical of Pío Doce (1955), as well as the Nisei Poetry Prize of Peru for her collection of poems Mis Palabras al viento (1968). He received the "César Barranquino" Prize (1989) for Una rosa blanca, and the Second Prize "Literary Engravings", Barranco for Abecedario.
Federico Salt and Roses
Huaracino psychiatrist. In 1921 he founded the "Luzuriaga Cultural Center" in Huaraz. He studied folk psychiatry and Peruvian Popular Medicine in depth. He is considered one of the fathers of Peruvian psychiatry.
Pedro Pablo Atusparia
Peasant leader was in command of the Huaraz peasant revolt of 1885. He died of poisoning on August 25, 1887.
Carlos Eduardo Zavaleta
He was born on March 7, 1928 in Caraz, Peru. He is the greatest figure in Ancashian literature and one of the most prominent of the Generation of '50, who introduced into the Peruvian novel the techniques that give way to a new stage in the novel and the story. He spent his childhood and adolescence in the rural environment where he had come into the world, from which he took abundant literary materials to build a good part of his fictional work.
Holy Colony
The Peruvian Saint was a young Huaracina woman born into a very humble family on March 1, 1914. Her name was Sarita Colonia Zambrano. She was the eldest daughter of Amadeo and Rosalía. As a teenager, she came to study and work in Lima. She continued her school studies with the French nuns of Saint Therese, showing religious vocation and collaboration in caring for the sick and caring for her family.
Ines huaylas
Daughter of Huayna Cápac. Sister of Atahualpa and wife of Francisco Pizarro. At the age of 18 she was taken to Cajamarca, where Atahualpa was a prisoner, he gave her to Pizarro, to ingratiate himself with him and obtain his freedom (he did not succeed). Captivated by the beauty of the ñusta, Pizarro takes her as his wife. I called her my Pizpita (which comes from pispireta and flirtatious). When Manco Inca, her brother, revolted in Cuzco in 1536, she was accused of providing information to the Indians and of having wanted to flee with chests full of gold and silver. As a result, she and Pizarro separated. In 1538, Inés married Francisco Ampuero. It was never known where or at what age this beautiful ñusta who conquered two brave conquerors died.
Luis Pardo
(Chiquián, Ancash- Peru August 19, 1874 – † January 5, 1909), Ancashino landowner, persecuted by the law when he took justice into his own hands and later became a romantic figure. Known in history as Luis Pardo, the bandit.