Julián Pérez Huarancca

He attended La Cantuta University in Lima from 1991 to 1994, earning a B.A. in literature and language.^[1]

Then he worked as a professor at the San Cristóbal of Huamanga University in his hometown of Ayacucho.^[1] After receiving a Ph.D. in Peruvian and Latin American literature from the National University of San Marcos, he began to work at Federico Villarreal National University in 1998.^[2] Julián Pérez is notable for themes of the Andes, writing about Ayacucho, and for his stark depictions of violence and introspective narratives.^[3]

He is the brother of the writer Hildebrando Pérez Huarancca.His daughter is Paola Perez^[4]

• Transeúntes (1988)
• Tikanka (1989)
• Fuego y ocaso (1998)
• Papel de viento (2000)
• Retablo (2004)
• El fantasma que te Desgarra (2008)
• Piel de utopía y otros cuentos (2011)
• Resto que no cesa de insistir (2011)
• Criba (2013)
• Anamorfosis (2017)

• "Julian Ramón Ribeyro" Short Novel Competition (2017) for Anamórfosis^[5]
• Federico Villarreal National Award (2003) for Retablo^[3]
• Premio Copé [es] (2013) for Criba^[6]

• (in Spanish) Julián Pérez Huarancca (Ayacucho, 1954)