Jorge Polar

Jorge Polar Vargas (1856 - 1932) was a Peruvian lawyer, writer, poet, and politician. Jorge Polar (1856–1932) was a Peruvian intellectual, poet, and politician born in Arequipa, Peru, on April 21 of 1856. After leaving a trace in university teaching, cultural journalism, national politics and the administration of justice, he died on June 6, 1932.

Education He completed his secondary education at the National School of Independence, which was founded by Simon Bolivar. Then he entered the University of St. Augustine , and at age 18, he earned his Juris Doctor in 1874. Later he traveled to Lima and the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos , where he obtained his Ph.D. in history, philosophy and literature.

Works

A Biography of Juan Manuel Polar, 1886 Literary Studies, 1886 Something in Prose, 1887 Poems, 1887 Lucia and Julia Letter, 1887 White (novel), 1888 Arequipa, 1891, 1922 Light Philosophy, 1895 Stanzas of a poem, 1896 Aesthetics, 1903 At the University, 1904 Confession of a Professor, 1925 Our Melgar, 1928 Introduction to the Study of Modern Philosophy, 1928