Ricardo Palma [SEP] place of birth
. However, the documentary evidence shows many contradictions that was pointed out by Monsignor Salvador Herrera Pinto who relying on oral traditions and written testimonies concludes that Ricardo Palma was born in the town of Talavera, province of Andahuaylas, Apurímac Region.
His family was living in Lima after migrating from the province. His mother was a mestiza with African roots. His parents separated when he was still young. He was educated at a Jesuit school and attended the University of San Carlos on an irregular basis. He suspended his studies to
to overcome the pain, and left with no choice, the library had to be restored, and along with Ricardo Palma and other friends, he began collecting books from everywhere, the saddest task, yet the most dignified a lover of reading, writing, and literature could ever have imagined to embrace.
One of the greatest events in the history of Spanish literature took place in 1892, at the four hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the Spaniards to America: The Hispanic American Literary Congress which gathered in Madrid the greatest