Juan Bautista Túpac Amaru

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: Mestizo

Events:

1742  -  Cuzco  -  Not applicable  -  Born
1780-1781  -  Cuzco  -  Unknown  -  He took part in the Túpac Amaru rebellion (1780-81).
1825  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  He wrote his memoirs.
1827  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  Died

Connections:

Indigenous rights
Túpac Amaru family
Túpac Amaru Rebellion
Writers (men)

Biography:
He was born in 1752, the step-brother of José Gabriel Condorcanqui. He was taken prisoner at Ceuta and kept there for 40 years. He returned to America in 1825 and wrote his memoirs, El dilatado cautiverio bajo el gobierno español de … 5o nieto del último emperador del Perú. This was published in Buenos Aires in 1826. He died in 1827. (Romero de Valle, 319)

References:

Romero de Valle, Emilia (1966) Diccionario manual de literatura peruana y materias afines