Franklin Urteaga

Biography

Franklin Urteaga Cazorla, a prolific Peruvian journalist and filmmaker, was born in Lima in 1913. He was the son of historian, politician, and educator Horacio Urteaga, and the great-grandson of Bartolomé Herrera, a conservative priest, politician, and intellectual. Urteaga completed his schooling at La Recoleta School. In the 1930s, he traveled through several European cities—Berlin, Moscow, Paris, and Barcelona—where he connected with writers, intellectuals, and fellow Latin American exiles. During the Spanish Civil War, he fought on the Republican side and, along with other compatriots, was present at the funeral of Peruvian poet César Vallejo at the Montrouge cemetery in Paris on April 1...