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Peruvian Academy of Language

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Peruvian Academy of Language
AbbreviationAPL
FoundedMay 5, 1887; 139 years ago (1887-05-05)
TypeSpanish Language Academy
Location
Region served
Spanish-speaking world
President
Harry Belevan[1]
Websiteapl.org.pe

The Peruvian Academy of Language (Academia Peruana de la Lengua, APL) is a cultural institution that brings together literary figures, writers, poets, linguists, and scholars specializing in the use of the Spanish language in Peru.[2] It is a collective member of the Association of Spanish Language Academies.[3]

Establishment

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It was established in Lima on 5 May 1887 as a corresponding academy to the Real Academia Española. On 30 August of the same year, its first public session was held in the assembly hall of the National University of San Marcos, where Francisco García Calderón, a former President of Peru, was elected as its first president.

Although it was formally established in 1887, its inauguration had been delayed due to the War of the Pacific: during the Chilean occupation of Lima, a large portion of the books from the National Library of Peru were taken to Chile as war spoils.[4] This event led Ricardo Palma to prioritize the reconstruction of the National Library, setting aside earlier plans to inaugurate the APL.

García Calderón was succeeded by Ricardo Palma, first as president and later as director. Palma was a staunch defender of peruanismos (Peru-specific Spanish usages), which he documented in his works Papeletas lexicográficas and Neologismos y americanismos, and lobbied the Real Academia Española to formally accept them.

Among its members is Mario Vargas Llosa, recipient of the Premio Cervantes (1994) and the Nobel Prize in Literature (2010), who also held a seat at the Real Academia Española. Other notable members have included Víctor Andrés Belaúnde, Guillermo Hoyos Osores, Augusto Tamayo Vargas, Luis Jaime Cisneros, and Aurelio and Francisco Miró Quesada. In the field of Quechua linguistics as it relates to Peruvian Spanish, Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino has been a key contributor, while Martha Hildebrandt specialised in peruanismos — particularly Lima-specific usages and archaisms — publishing her findings in the Lima newspaper El Comercio.[5]

The current president is Harry Belevan, elected to succeed Eduardo Hopkins Rodríguez.[6]

The Academy hosted the VIII International Congress of the Association of Spanish Language Academies in 1980.

Members

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Full members (Académicos de número)

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MemberAdmittedProfessionBirth yearBirthplaceNotes
Martha Hildebrandt Pérez-Treviño1971Linguist, politician1925La LibertadPermanent Secretary 1993–2005
Mario Vargas Llosa1975Writer1936Arequipa
Carlos Germán Belli1980Writer1927Lima
Manuel Pantigoso Pecero1982Poet, literary critic1936Lima
Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino1991Linguist1940Junín
Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino1995Priest, theologian1928Lima
Fernando de Trazegnies Granda1996Lawyer, historian, genealogist1935Lima
José León Herrera1998Philosopher, orientalist1930Lima
Marco G. Martos Carrera1999Writer1942PiuraPresident 2006–2014 and 2018–2022
Ricardo González Vigil2000Poet, literary critic1949Lima
Ricardo Silva-Santisteban Ubillús2001Poet, editor, literary critic1941LimaPresident 2014–2017
Eduardo Hopkins Rodríguez2005———President 2022–2025
Salomón Lerner Febres2006Philosopher1944Lima
Alberto Varillas Montenegro2008Lawyer1934Lima
Camilo Rubén Fernández Cozman2008Poet1965Lima
Alonso Cueto Caballero2009Writer1954Lima
Marcial Rubio Correa2010Lawyer, constitutional scholar1948Lima
Harry Belevan-McBride2012Diplomat, writer1945LimaPresident 2026–2029
Carlos Thorne Boas2012Lawyer, philosopher, novelist1926Lima
Carlos Garatea Grau2014Philologist, linguist1966Lima
Víctor Oswaldo Holguín Callo2014Historian1950Lima
Antonio González Montes2014—1949Lima
Eliana González Cruz2017Linguist1968Lambayeque
Óscar Coello Cruz2022Poet, professor, literary critic1947PiuraEditor of the Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua
Jorge Antonio Valenzuela Garcés2022Professor, writer, literary critic1962Lima
Rocío Caravedo2023Professor, linguist, literary researcher—Lima
Luis Andrade Ciudad2023Professor, linguist, writer1966Lima
Eduardo González Viaña2023Professor, writer, journalist1941La Libertad
Martina Vinatea Recoba2024Professor, writer, poet, researcher1962Lima

Deceased members

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Corresponding Peruvian members

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Corresponding foreign members

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  • James Higgins
  • Humberto López Morales
  • Julio Calvo Pérez
  • Raquel Chang-Rodríguez
  • Isabelle Tauzin-Castellanos
  • Inmaculada Lergo
  • Pedro Lastra
  • Stephen M. Hart
  • Juan Jesús Armas Marcelo
  • César Ferreira
  • Thomas Ward

Honorary members

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Presidents

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PresidentTerm
Francisco García Calderón y Landa1887–1905
Ricardo Palma1905–1919
Javier Prado1919–1921
José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma1934–1944
Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Diez-Canseco1944–1966
Aurelio Miró Quesada Sosa1967–1979
José Jiménez Borja1979–1982
Augusto Tamayo Vargas1982–1988
Estuardo Núñez Hague1988–1991
Luis Jaime Cisneros Vizquerra1991–2005
Marco Martos Carrera2006–2014
Ricardo Silva-Santisteban Ubillús2014–2017
Marco Martos Carrera2018–2022
Eduardo Hopkins Rodríguez2022–2025
Harry Belevan2026–2029

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Embajador Harry Belevan McBride es elegido presidente de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua". Fundación ADP. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  2. ↑ José Tola Pasquel, also a member, was a mathematician.
  3. ↑ "Academia Peruana de la Lengua". Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Basadre Grohmann, Jorge (2005). Historia de la República del Perú [1822–1933]. Lima: Empresa Editora El Comercio. ISBN 9972-205-62-2.
  5. ↑ "Academia Peruana de la Lengua". Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Embajador Harry Belevan McBride es elegido presidente de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua". Fundación ADP. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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