Limitryu Tupaq Yupanki (Spanish Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui Martínez) (22 December 1923 – 3 May 2018) was a Peruvian Quechua language professor (or more accurate Southern Quechua), a translator from Castilian to Quechua[1] and journalist.
Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui Martínez | |
|---|---|
| Born | Limitryu Tupaq Yupanki 22 December 1923 Cuzco, Peru |
| Died | 3 May 2018 (aged 94) Lima, Peru |
| Alma mater | National University of San Marcos Pontifical Catholic University of Peru |
| Known for | Translate Don Quijote to Quechua |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quechua language |
He went to Lima, where he studied Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and then Law at the National University of San Marcos.[2] He worked in the newspaper La Prensa, and began teaching Quechua. Subsequently, he opened his own academy, Yachay Wasi. He also taught in the United States.[3]
In November 2005, thanks to his work, the Quechua translation of the Spanish classic Don Quixote de la Mancha was finally published with the name Yachay sapa wiraqucha dun Qvixote Manchamantan[4]
In 2008, his work The Quechua Course was translated into Russian by A. Skromnitsky. He died on May 3, 2018.[5]
References
edit- ^ Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui: "Si el quechua se aprende de pequeño queda para toda la vida" Archived 18 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui: "Nunca me avergoncé de llevar mi apellido" (in Spanish)
- ^ Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui: "No tendremos esencia si no sabemos quechua" (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere a los 94 años Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, traductor a quechua del Quijote (in Spanish)
- ^ Descanse en paz, amauta. Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui falleció a los 94 años Archived 4 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
External links
edit- eltiempo.com: Peruano Túpac Yupanqui logró que Microsoft lanzara sistema operativo de Windows traducido al quechua
- El Quijote en quechua in web Club de Traductores Literarios de Buenos Aires.
- "Деметрио Тупак Юпанки. Учебник языка кечуа - языка потомков Инков". bloknot.info. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- Philip Jacobs. "Runasimipi Llaqta Takikuna (Willka Takiy)". runasimi.de. Retrieved 18 May 2018.