Luis Repetto

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

Repetto in 2013

Career

He 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
  • 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
  • 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

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

References
  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". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. "Luis Repetto Málaga: El señor de los museos". Peru21 (in Spanish). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. "Luis Repetto: adiós al hombre de los museos [In Memóriam]". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). 9 June 2020. 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). 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). 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
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