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Marco Aurelio Denegri
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Denegri in 2015
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Marco Aurelio Denegri Santa Gadea
16 May 1938 Lima, Peru
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| Died | 27 July 2018 (aged 80) Lima, Peru
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| Alma mater | Colegio San Andrés Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Occupation | Writer, literary critic, television presenter |
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Marco Aurelio Denegri Santa Gadea (16 May 1938 – 27 July 2018) was a Peruvian intellectual, literary critic and television host.
Early life and education
His father was Julio Ernesto Denegri Cornejo (his grandfather was Marco Aurelio Denegri Valega), and his mother was Leonor Santa Gadea Arana. He attended Colegio San Andrés (formerly Colegio Anglo-Peruano). He later studied law at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He said that he attended several universities; however, he considered himself a "self-taught polymath".
Career
His career in Peruvian television began in 1973. From 1997 to 2000 he hosted A solas con Marco Aurelio Denegri on Cable Magico Cultural. He resigned in 2000 and then moved to TV Peru-, thanks to the aid of José Watanabe, and there he hosted a television program called La función de la palabra, where he addressed various aspects of culture-from music to the beauty of the hands-although he considered it counter-cultural.
He wrote articles for various Peruvian newspapers, which have been published in "De esto y de aquello" by Ricardo Palma University. He wrote a weekly column for El Comercio.
Personal life
Denegri never married and was very reserved regarding his private life. In some programs he expressed being friends with some intellectuals, although during the last years of his life he became totally isolated. His main link to the world was his assistant and maid Rosa Torres; anyone interested in speaking to Denegri had to ring her cellphone to request a telephone conversation with Denegri. After Denegri gave her permission, she connected the phone line and the person in question could communicate directly with him.
He was an audiophile and music lover and a Peruvian cajón lover; for this reason he introduced the term cajonística to refer to the art of African-Peruvian cajón playing.
Death
He died on 27 July 2018 due to pulmonary emphysema.
See also
In Spanish: Marco Aurelio Denegri para niños
