Correspondence between César Vallejo and Luis E. Valcárcel

Abstract

The objective of this work is to establish the correspondence between our universal poet and the distinguished historian Luis E. Valcarcel (Luis Eduardo Valcárcel Vizcarra), which shows and demonstrates once again the special attention that César Vallejo paid to Peruvian writers and to Peru. From three letters, still unpublished, found in the illustrious historian´s archive, belonging to the last stage of the poet’s life, one can notice his reaffirmation of faith “by the vicissitudes, past and present, of my race that are linked to archaeology and history, in full solidarity with their efforts to serve the values and indigenous paths of our people”. On reading his correspondence in general and this one in particular, we will find that the communication he maintained with Peruvian poets and writers regarding the publication of their books, operates in him a total change; there is a celebratory tone, fraternal and of permanent spiritual attachment.