Luis Repetto

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Repetto in 2013

Luis Orlando Repetto Málaga (Lima, 4 August 1953 – 9 June 2020)[1] was a Peruvian museologist, cultural manager and television host.[2][3]

Career[edit]

Repetto studied at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy. He was director of the National Institute of Culture and director of the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions of the Riva-Agüero Institute until 2018.[4] He also served as vice president of the Peruvian Committee of the International Council of Museums ICOM-Peru[5] and was the director of the Centrum Católica Museum of PUCP.[6] For years he hosted the program Noches de sábado, together with Melanie Pérez Cartier, on Radio Programas del Perú. He was the host of the well-known cultural diffusion programs Museos puertas abiertas and Museos sin límites on TV Perú.[7]

Works[edit]

  • In 1999 he published El arte popular peruano in Lima through the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú (MNAAHP) and the publishing house Lluvia editores.
  • Through the Regional Organization for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-LAC) he published in 2003 the book Museo Presbítero Maestro : cementerio de Lima.[8]
  • Also in Lima, in 2013 he published El reino Chacha : etnografía de la región Amazonas through Museo Casa O'Higgins.[9]

Recognitions[edit]

  • 2014: Meritorious Person of Culture, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Peru.[10]
  • 2018. Medal "Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza", awarded by the Provincial Council of Chachapoyas.[11]

Death[edit]

Repetto died in Lima on 9 June 2020, aged 66, of COVID-19 during the pandemic in Peru.[5][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ortiz, Claudia (9 June 2020). "Luis Repetto Málaga: Falleció gestor cultural de la radio y televisión peruana". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Don Lucho Repetto Málaga, un señor de señores". AHORA (in Spanish). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Luís (Lucho) Repetto Málaga (1953-2020) – International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections". 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Luis Repetto Málaga: El señor de los museos". Peru21 (in Spanish). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b Diego Rodriguez Bazalar, Juan (9 June 2020). "Luis Repetto: adiós al hombre de los museos [In Memóriam]". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  6. ^ pucp.edu.pe : Luis Repetto Málaga Consultado el 10 de junio de 2020
  7. ^ "La cultura de duelo: Falleció Luis Repetto Málaga". andina.pe (in Spanish). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  8. ^ Repetto Málaga, Luis (2003). Museo Presbítero Maestro : cementerio de Lima. Didi de Arteta, S.A. ISBN 9972-9791-0-5. OCLC 1061507575. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  9. ^ Repetto Málaga, Luis (2013). El reino Chacha: etnografía de la región Amazonas (in Spanish). Casa Museo O'Higgins (Lima). OCLC 881523906. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  10. ^ "El eterno compromiso con la cultura peruana de Luis Repetto (1953 – 2020)". puntoedu.pucp.edu.pe (in Spanish). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Condecoran a Luis Repetto con la medalla "Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza"". Reinadelaselva.com.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. ^ In memory of Luis Repetto Malaga