José Carlos Mariátegui, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Carlos Mariátegui

Peruvian writer and academic

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1890

Place of Birth: Moquegua, Peru

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1930

Profession: politician, journalist, sociologist, publisher, essayist, political theorist

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (14 June 1894 – 16 April 1930) was a Peruvian intellectual, sociologist, journalist, political philosopher, and communist.
A prolific writer before his early death at the age of 35, he is considered one of the most influential Latin American socialists of the 20th century.
Mariátegui's Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality (1928) is still widely read in South America, and called "one of the broadest, deepest, and most enduring works of the Latin American century".
An avowed self-taught Marxist, he insisted that a socialist revolution should evolve organically in Latin America on the basis of local conditions and practices, not the result of mechanically applying a European formula.
Although best known as a political thinker, his literary writings have gained attention by scholars.