Nelson Manrique

Nelson Saúl Manrique Gálvez was a Peruvian historian, sociologist, journalist, columnist, essayist and writer. He is recognized for his essays and works on the social-political reality of Peru during the colonial era and the republican stage since independence.

Life and career

Manrique was born in Huancayo, Junín on December 31, 1947.
His 1981 book Campesinado y nación: las guerrillas indígenas en la guerra con Chile, which is based on his 1979 thesis, is considered a milestone in the historiography of the War of the Pacific. He was a regular columnist for the newspaper La República.
The site Ciberayllu was conceived from a private email list started by Manrique.
Manrique died in Lima on January 11, 2026, at the age of 78.