Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann (12 February 1903 – 29 June 1980) was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country. He served during two different administrations as Minister of Education and was also director of the Peruvian National Library.
Fernando Iwasaki Cauti (born 1961, in Lima) is a Peruvian writer and historian.Born into a family with multiple roots (Japan, Ecuador and Italy). While in Peru, he taught at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima. Since 1989, he has lived in Seville.
Iwasaki has published more than 20 volumes of fiction and non-fiction. He contributes regularly to various newspapers and magazines. His work has been translated into half a dozen languages, including Russian, English, French, Italian, Romanian and Korean.