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Early Life

 * The son of Zenaida Sifuentes Bernuy and Obdulio Quiñones de León Marreros, Óscar Quiñones was born in Ancash two months premature and would live in Lambayeque from the first month of his life. Later, the family moved to Lima, where he studied at Our Lady of Guadalupe, along with his cousin, José Abelardo Quiñones, the hero of Peruvian aviation.  Even from childhood he felt artistically inclined, which was not well received by the families of power in Lima during that era.  His early childhood was spent studying languages, swimming, and spending time with friends.  These friendships were maintained with the likes of Chabuca Granda, Pablo de Madalengoitia, Walter and Kiko Ledgard from their youth until their deaths.


 * In his youth, his political ideology brought him along with Armando Villanueva del Campo, Alberto Franco Valera (father of Rodrigo Franco Montes and godfather to his daughter) and other young people full of the idealistic spirit to form a circle of unconditional followers of Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre, founder of APRA. He went on to travel the world as an actor and made appearances in movies like “La Lunareja” and “Becquer’s Great Love” among others.  He also dabbled in theater.