Marco Martos Carrera

Marco Martos Carrera (born November 29, 1942, in Piura, Peru) is a Peruvian poet and the President of the Academia Peruana de la Lengua. He is held to be one of the most important persons of the Peruvian "60's generation". His works covers topics like 'loneliness' and 'existentialism'.

He received a PhD from the National University of San Marcos in Lima, became a professor there, and also the Director of the Graduate School of Humanities.

In 1969, he won the Nacional Award of Poetry. His poetry had been translated and published into several languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Provided by Wikipedia