Rosa Arciniega facts for kids
Rosa Arciniega was a Peruvian writer born around 1903, 1908, or 1909 in Lima, Peru. She passed away in 1999 in Argentina. Rosa was a novelist who believed strongly in fairness and equality for everyone, which is often called a Socialist viewpoint. She was also a very important person in the fight for women's rights. She was part of a group of thinkers who wanted to make society better, led by José Carlos Mariátegui.
When she was young, Rosa Arciniega traveled to Spain. Many of her books were published there. She joined the Socialist party, which meant she supported ideas about social equality. She also started working as a journalist, writing for newspapers and magazines. She got married in 1924. In 1936, she returned to Peru just as the Spanish Civil War was starting in Spain.
Rosa Arciniega is best known for the life stories she wrote about people (called biographies) and for her novels.
Her Book Mosko-Strom
One of her most famous novels is Mosko-Strom. El torbellino de las grandes metrópolis, published in 1933. This book is a type of story called a dystopian novel. A dystopian story shows a future world where things have gone wrong. In Mosko-Strom, Rosa Arciniega describes a loud, mechanical world. In this world, people care more about new inventions and progress than they do about human well-being.
See also
In Spanish: Rosa Arciniega para niños
