Albújar Enrique López (* Piura, November 23, 1872 - † Lima, March 6, 1966) was a Peruvian writer. Cultivated different narrative style and is best known as one of the creators of indigenismo.
Albújar López was born in the ranch Pátapo (Chicago) was considered a Piura because most of his life was spent in Piura, although in the sixties of the past twentieth century there was confusion about his birthplace was erroneously considered in Chicago, but he said it was considered the Piura Piura all, for in his memoirs he wrote in 1962, said: "I'm from Piura, a city radiating pompously. .. ". And Piura considered him a favorite son. The recalled in many of his works. Between them. "In My Casona" referring to the solar family in the Plaza Mayor of his native San Miguel de Piura.
His parents were Manuel and Manuela López Vilela Albújar and Bravo. He studied at the National College Our Lady of Guadalupe and holidays always traveled to Piura. He studied law at the University of San Marcos.
He served a judicial career that took him through various regions of the country. Between 1917 and 1923 was judge of Huanuco, which gave him material to write stories about the Indians of the area.
His literary work
was one of the most vigorous novelists of the twentieth century and the first Peruvian novelist who created Indian characters for real. Initially
Modernist wrote stories and generally fantastic. In 1920, he published "Tales Andinos, the first major indigenismo. In his stories, focusing on Indian life stories recounted often violent, influenced by realism, and non-exempt prejudices, and to publish the Indian, as a first character, without paternalistic treatment as had happened in the past, but as real human beings; highlighting its virtues, its vices and, above all, their humanity.
also published in 1924, "From my house," one of his most beautiful books recounting his earliest memories. In 1928 the novel "Matalache" naturalistic character on a torrid affair between a native and a slave for the Independence of Peru.
His other works include "The Tomaiquichua spell" in 1943 and "New Andean tales" in 1927. Having laid the foundations of the Indians in the 1950's, ended up writing stories realistic urban issues, which appear in his book "The charities of Mrs. Tordoya" (1955).