Limitryu Tupaq Yupanki (Spanish: Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui Martínez) (22 December 1923 – 3 May 2018) was a Peruvian Quechua language professor (or more accurate Southern Quechua), a translator from Castilian to QuechuaDemetrio Túpac Yupanqui: "Si el quechua se aprende de pequeño queda para toda la vida" and journalist.
He went to Lima, where he studied Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and then Law at the National University of San Marcos.Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui: "Nunca me avergoncé de llevar mi apellido" He worked in the newspaper La Prensa, and began teaching Quechua. Subsequently, he opened his own academy, Yachay Wasi. He also taught in the United States.Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui: "No tendremos esencia si no sabemos quechua"
In November 2005, thanks to his work, the Quechua translation of the Spanish classic Don Quixote de la Mancha was finally published with the name Yachay sapa wiraqucha dun Qvixote ManchamantanMuere a los 94 años Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, traductor a quechua del Quijote
In 2008, his work The Quechua Course was translated into Russian by A. Skromnitsky.
He died on 3 May 2018.Descanse en paz, amauta. Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui falleció a los 94 años
References
External links eltiempo.com: Peruano Túpac Yupanqui logró que Microsoft lanzara sistema operativo de Windows traducido al quechua El Quijote en quechua in web Club de Traductores Literarios de Buenos Aires.