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Ricardo Palma born in Lima in 1833.

From an early age he devoted himself to journalism and poetry.

was a poet, playwright, novelist, lexicographer, historian, librarian and, above all, the author of ten series of the famous Peruvian Traditions, literary subgenre he created and was a huge success all over Ibero America, making it the most important Peruvian writer of nineteenth and early twentieth century.

In 1881 he saw as the invaders burned and looted his house the National Library. On behalf of the government, between 1883 and 1912, assumed responsibility for rebuilding and managing the National Library, which he did based on his personal prestige.

Retired from all public activity died at his home in Miraflores, now a house museum, the October 6, 1919.