Fredy Roncalla Explained

Fredy Roncalla
Birth Name:	Fredy Amílcar Roncalla Fernández
Birth Place:	Chalhuanca, Apurímac, Peru
Occupation:	poet, artist
Language:	Quechua, Spanish
Alma Mater:	Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Genre:	poetry
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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).

The Ontogenesis of Metaphor: Riddle Games among Quechua Speakers Seen as Cognitive Discovery Procedures. Billie Jean. Isbell. Fredy Amilcar. Roncalla. 10 January 1977. 10 January 2022. Ecommons.cornell.edu.
Web site: Voyager: Greetings in 55 languages. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/QTDK2jCVPN0 . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube. March 14, 2011.
Web site: Ciberayllu: Fredy Roncalla . 10 January 2022 . Ciberayllu.org.
Web site: Executive Council . Chirapaq.org.pe. 10 January 2022.
Web site: Presentation of the Bilingual (Quechua/Spanish) Book "Huambar Poetastro" w/ Fredy Roncalla . 2022-01-08 . 2022-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220108000021/https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/research-centers/clacs/events/spring-2019/book-presentation--huambar-poetastro-w--fredy-roncalla.html . dead .