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Yuri Sakata Gonzáles


He has a bachelor's degree in Literature from the Federico Villarreal National University and a master's degree in Latin American Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima. It belongs to the Japanese Presence Group in Peru. XVII-XX centuries of the Riva Agüero Institute of the PUCP and the Latin American Association of Asian and African Studies, Peru Section (ALADAA, for its acronym in English). She has been coordinator of the Editorial Fund of the Peruvian-Japanese Association.

Last updated June 2020


Stories from This Author

Lima Nikkei

June 24, 2020 • Yuri Sakata Gonzáles , Asociación Peruano Japonesa

My first surname (unpronounceable for some call center workers) has always raised a series of questions (some very strange and funny) that I have been able to answer and respond to with greater solvency as I grew and got to know myself. Are you from China? Why do you have that last name if you are Peruvian? Where are your parents from? Are you Japanese or Peruvian? Do you know anything about animes? Speak Japanese? How do you say “hello, …

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