Manuel Atanasio Fuentes

Manuel Atanasio Fuentes Delgado (Lima; — ), also known as , was a Peruvian writer, journalist, magistrate and physician. He is considered one of the country's most prolific and versatile writers of the 19th century.

Biography Fuentes was born in Lima on , to parents Andrea Delgado and Francisco Fuentes (or De las Fuentes). He studied at the Museo Latino, after which he continued his studies at the Convictorio de San Carlos, where he received a bachelor's degree in Canons and Law (in 1836) and in the College of Medicine (on September 1, 1833).

Works Main works of Fuentes include: Biografía de don Ramón Castilla (1856) Estadística general de Lima (1858, 1866) Compendio del Derecho Administrativo (1865) Aletazos del Murciélago (1866; three volumes) Lima: apuntes históricos, descriptivos, estadísticos y de costumbres (1867; in Spanish, French and English) Flores místicas de El Murciélago (1868 & 1945) Manual de prácticas parlamentarias (1869) Investigaciones sobre las causas de la indigencia (1873) Derecho Constitucional Filosófico (1873) Derecho Constitucional universal e Historia del Derecho Público Peruano (1874; two volumes) Lecciones de Jurisprudencia Médica (1875) Curso de Enciclopedia del Derecho (1876) Repertorio jurídico y administrativo (1877) Hojas de coca (1877) Catecismo de Economía Política (1877) Diccionario de Jurisprudencia y de legislación peruana (1877; 3 volumes, with Manuel Antonio de la Lama)