José Carlos Mariátegui - Life and works: Encyclopedia II - José Carlos Mariátegui - Life and worksMariátegui was born in Moquegua. His father, Francisco Javier Mariátegui Requejo, was a grandson of Francisco Javier Mariátegui Tellería, one of the original signers of Peru's declaration of independence in 1821. Mariátegui Requejo abandoned his family when José Carlos was young; to support her children, his mother, María Amalia La Chira Ballejos, moved first to Lima, then to Huacho, where she had more relatives that helped her make a living. José Carlos had a brother and a sister: Guillermina and Julio César. In 1902, as a young sc ...
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