José Carlos Mariátegui

José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (June 14, 1894 - April 16, 1930) was a Peruvian writer, journalist, politician and Marxist philosopher. Quotes "La obra maestra no florece sino en un terreno abonado por una anónima u oscura multitud de obras mediocres." The masterpiece flourishes only on land fertilized by an anonymous or obscure multitude of mediocre works. "No es posible democratizar la enseñanza de un país sin democratizar su economía y sin democratizar, por ende, su superestructura política." "It is not possible to democratize the education of a country without democratizing its economy and without democratizing, therefore, its political superstructure." Source: "The process of public instruction" "No renegamos, propiamente, la herencia española; renegamos la herencia feudal" External links Category:1894 births Category:1930 deaths Category:Poets from Peru Category:Marxists Category:Communists