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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala

Self-portrait of Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, who is listening to the relationships and legends of the ancient Indians, who by their headdresses are distinguished as coming from several provinces and several ranks

Bornc.

Guaman Poma de Ayala, Felipe (c. 1535–c. 1615)

1535

San Cristóbal de Suntuntu, Ayacucho

Diedafter 1616

Lima, Peru

OccupationChronicler

Notable work

El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno

Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (ca. 1535 – after 1616), also known as Huamán Poma or Wamán Poma, was a Quechua nobleman known for chronicling and denouncing the ill treatment of the natives of the Andes by the Spanish after their conquest.

Today, Guamán Poma is noted for his illustrated chronicle, Nueva corónica y buen gobierno.

Biography

The son of a noble family from the central southern Peruvian province of Lucanas located in the modern day department of Ayacucho, he was a direct descen Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala - Oxford Bibliographies KAWOB