Julio RAMON Ribeyro, master of the Latin American short story.

Today we are going to talk about one of the first Peruvian writers that I read in my childhood and one of
my favorites . Julio Ramon Ribeyro . Gallinazo sin plumas was the work that placed him as one of the
most important writers.
Julio was born on August 31, 1929 in Lima.
His parents were Julio Ramón Ribeyro Bonello, he worked at Casa Ferreyros and Mercedes Zúñiga
Rabines, she was a bilingual secretary at Banco Peru and London.
He was the first of four siblings (one boy and two girls).
In his childhood he lived in Santa Beatriz, a middle-class neighborhood in Lima, and later moved to
Miraflores.
He was a Peruvian writer, considered one of the best short story writers in Latin American literature.
The death of his father affected him greatly and complicated his family's economic situation.
Ribeyro's diaries give a good account of some of the characteristics of his complex personality:
tendency to depression, fragility, laziness.

He studied at the Champagnat School, and began studying law, then dropped out to study literature at
the Catholic University of Peru.
He received a scholarship to study journalism in Madrid. He later traveled to Paris to prepare a thesis
on French literature at the Sorbonne University,
He married Alida Cordero and they had an only son.

Achievements:
In the year 1955 In Paris he wrote his first book Los gallinazos sin plumas.
In 1958 he returned to Peru and wrote "Cuentos de circunstancias" he was also professor and director
of the National University of Huamanga.
In October 1960 he returned to France. In Paris he worked as a translator and editor for the France
Press agency that year he also wrote "Crónica de San Gabriel".
He has received numerous awards for his talent. 
In 1994 he won the renowned Juan Rulfo Prize for Latin American and Caribbean Literature.
His works have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Arabic.

Julio ramon ribeyro is a leading figure of the Generation of 50 in his country, to which also belong
narrators like Mario Vargas Llosa. he is considered one of the best hispanic american short story
writers.
His short stories were a decisive contribution to consolidate the transition from indigenous narrative to
urban narrative in Peru.
He died on December 4, 1994,