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El Bibliotecario Mendigo: A Bookman‘s Response to the Sacking of The Peruvian National Library in 1881

El Bibliotecario Mendigo: A Bookman‘s Response to the Sacking of The Peruvian National Library in... Libri 1993: vol. 43, no. J, pp. 19-38 Printcd in Denmark - all rights reserved Copyright © Munksgaard 1993 /-* ISSN 0024-2667 lim El Bibliotecano Mendigo: A Bookman's Response to the Sacking of The Peruvian National Library in 1881 VICENTE REVILLA As a result of the war with Chile (1879-81), much of the Peruvian capital city of Lima was destroyed. The Peruvian National Library lost many manuscripts and other national treasures, including all but 700 of its nearly 60,000 volumes. It was Ricardo Palma (1833-1919), a man known chiefly for his literary contributions who, äs the library's director from 1883 to 1912, had the foresight to realize the importance to Peru of rebuilding the collection. As well äs providing a place for scholarly and literary research it also revived the ideals and progress of the enlightenment for all Peruvians, and was, too, an example of successful reconstruction. Although Palma is a relatively unknown author outside of the Spanish speaking world, in Peru his writing is praised, especially äs manifested in Tradiciones Peruanas, an imusual collection of stories which combines the two genres: oral history with fiction writing. But little is said in the literature about Palma's importance in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Services de Gruyter

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Libri 1993: vol. 43, no. J, pp. 19-38 Printcd in Denmark - all rights reserved Copyright © Munksgaard 1993 /-* ISSN 0024-2667 lim El Bibliotecano Mendigo: A Bookman's Response to the Sacking of The Peruvian National Library in 1881 VICENTE REVILLA As a result of the war with Chile (1879-81), much of the Peruvian capital city of Lima was destroyed. The Peruvian National Library lost many manuscripts and other national treasures, including all but 700 of its nearly 60,000 volumes. It was Ricardo Palma (1833-1919), a man known chiefly for his literary contributions who, äs the library's director from 1883 to 1912, had the foresight to realize the importance to Peru of rebuilding the collection. As well äs providing a place for scholarly and literary research it also revived the ideals and progress of the enlightenment for all Peruvians, and was, too, an example of successful reconstruction. Although Palma is a relatively unknown author outside of the Spanish speaking world, in Peru his writing is praised, especially äs manifested in Tradiciones Peruanas, an imusual collection of stories which combines the two genres: oral history with fiction writing. But little is said in the literature about Palma's importance in

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Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Services – de Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1993

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