Felipe Pardo y Aliaga

Felipe Pardo y Aliaga (11 June 1806, Lima – 24 December 1868, Lima) was a Peruvian poet, satirist, playwright, lawyer and politician.

Biography A member of Lima's aristocratic elite, his father was Manuel Pardo Ribadeneira, oidor of the Real Audiencia of Lima, and his mother was Mariana de Aliaga y Borda, daughter of the 2nd Marquise of Fuente Hermosa de Miranda.

He was, along with Manuel Ascencio Segura, the most important representative of early Republican Peruvian literature. After independence he participated in political affairs, defending conservative causes. He became a diplomat, representing Peru in Chile and a minister in the cabinet of presidents Felipe Santiago Salaverry, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco and Ramón Castilla.

Pardo married Petronila de Lavalle y Cabrero, daughter of the 2nd Count of Premio Real. He was father of Manuel Justo Pardo Lavalle and grandfather of José Pardo y Barreda, presidents of the Republic.

Works Essays and travelogues Un viaje 1840 "El viaje del niño Goyito"

Poetry El carnaval de Lima, 1929 La jeta del guerrero, 1925 La nariz Los paraísos de Sempronio El ministro y el aspirante A mi levita Qué guapos chicos Corrida de toros La lámpara, 1844 A mi hijo en sus días, 1855 Vaya una República, 1856 El Perú, 1856 Constitución política, 1859

Plays Frutos de la educación, 1830 Una huérfana en Chorrillos, 1833 Don Leocadio y el aniversario de Ayacucho, 1833