Fredy Roncalla

Fredy Roncalla
Fredy Roncalla
Born	Fredy Amílcar Roncalla Fernández; 1953 (age 70–71); Chalhuanca, Apurímac, Peru
Occupation	poet, artist
Language	Quechua, Spanish
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Genre	poetry

Fredy Amílcar Roncalla Fernández (born 1953) is a Quechua-language writer and artist.

Life and career

Roncalla studied at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, and then migrated to the United States to work at Cornell University.^[1] While at Cornell, Roncalla's voice was included in NASA's Voyager Golden Record, a project chaired by professor Carl Sagan.^[2] He currently lives and writes in the New York metropolitan area where he also has established his artisan work.^[3]

Additionally, Roncalla is an executive council member of Chirapaq, Indigenous-lead organization in Peru.^[4]

Canto de Pájaro o invocación a la palabra (Buffon Press, 1984)
Escritos Mitimaes: hacia una poética andina postmoderna (Barro Editorial Press, 1989)^[5]
Hawansuyo Ukun Words (Pakarina Ediciones/Hawansuyo, 2015)
Revelación en la senda del Manzanar: Homenaje a Juan Ramírez Ruiz (Pakarina Ediciones/Hawansuyo, 2016).

^ Isbell, Billie Jean; Roncalla, Fredy Amilcar (10 January 1977). "The Ontogenesis of Metaphor: Riddle Games among Quechua Speakers Seen as Cognitive Discovery Procedures". Ecommons.cornell.edu. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "Voyager: Greetings in 55 languages". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved March 14, 2011 – via YouTube.
^ "Ciberayllu: Fredy Roncalla". Ciberayllu.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "Executive Council". Chirapaq.org.pe. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "Presentation of the Bilingual (Quechua/Spanish) Book "Huambar Poetastro" w/ Fredy Roncalla". Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.