Jorge Polar
# Jorge Polar

Jorge Polar (1856–1932) was a Peruvian intellectual, poet, and politician born in Arequipa, Peru, on April 21 of 1856 . After leaving a trace in university teaching, cultural journalism, national politics and the administration of justice, died on June 6, 1932.

## Education

He completed his secondary education at the National School of Independence, which was founded by Simon Bolivar . Then he entered the University of St. Augustine [1], and at age 18, he earned his Juris Doctor in 1874. Later he traveled to Lima and the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos [2] where he obtained his Ph.D. in History, Philosophy and Literature.

## Works

* A Biography of Juan Manuel Polar, 1886
* Literary Studies, 1886
* Something in Prose, 1887
* Poems, 1887
* Lucia and Julia Letter, 1887
* White (novel), 1888
* Arequipa, 1891, 1922
* Light Philosophy, 1895
* Stanzas of a poem, 1896
* Aesthetics, 1903
* At the University, 1904
* Confession of a Professor, 1925
* Our Melgar, 1928
* Introduction to the Study of Modern Philosophy, 1928
