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Luis Morato

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Luis Morató
BornCochabamba, Bolivia
OccupationScholar, writer
LanguageQuechua, Spanish
GenreLinguistics
Years active1980–present
Notable worksQuechua qosqo-qollaw (1995)
Notable awardsQuechua Award for Lifetime Achievement

Luis Morató is a Bolivian scholar, author and former Quechua professor at Cornell University.

Education and career

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Morató was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He studied Law, Linguistics, and Journalism at the University of San Simón. While living in his hometown he was a pioneer on broadcasting Quechua programs at radio stations. He founded the "Instituto de Idiomas Tawantinsuyu", which taught Bolivian and Peruvian Quechua, Aymara and Spanish.[1]

For many decades Morató dedicated his time to the research and teaching of Quechua and Spanish.[2] In Bolivia and Perú he was a professor of Quechua and Andean Culture at his alma mater, Maryknoll Language Program, French Alliance, Centro Pedagógico Portales, the South Andean Pastoral Institute (Cuzco, Peru).[3]

In the United States Morató taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Chicago, the University of Texas at Austin, and for many years at Cornell University.[4] In 2016 he retired from teaching Spanish and Quechua at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Awards and honors

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Professor Morató received the Quechua Award for Lifetime Achievement by The Quechua Alliance in 2019.[5]

Works

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  • Guía médica trilingüe : queshwa-english-castellano (1994) [6]
  • Quechua qosqo-qollaw (1995), trilingual Quechua textbook
  • Cóndores de amor y muerte (2000)[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Retired OSU Quechua Instructor Receives Quechua Lifetime Achievement Award". clas.osu.edu.
  2. ^ "Luis Morato, The teaching of Quechua – CLAS Ohio State". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  3. ^ "Morato-Pena, Luis". Burning Bulb.
  4. ^ "Luis Morato en Incallacta – Cornell University Library Digital Collections". digital.library.cornell.edu.
  5. ^ "Awardees – The Quechua Alliance". thequechua.org. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  6. ^ Morató, Luis (July 13, 2000). Guía médica trilingüe. Ankari Press. OCLC 1026095568 – via Open WorldCat.
  7. ^ Siwarpuma, Mallku; Morató, Luis (July 13, 2000). Cóndores de amor y muerte. Ankari Press. OCLC 44441340 – via Open WorldCat.