in the power of Chile (1929). Back in Peru, Basadre became director of the Central Library at San Marcos University, which he reorganized between 1936 and 1942. After a fire in the Peruvian National Library on 9 May 1943, Basadre was named its director and put in charge of its reconstruction. His work here included rebuilding the book collection and organizing the publishing of the Library magazine, Fénix, as well as Anuario Bibliográfico Peruano. After facing long hours of work and overcoming great difficulties, in September 1948 he was able to finally reopen the renovated National Library. For a short period in 1945 he was named Minister of Education by president José Luis Bustamante y Rivero. He was elected to the presidency of the Instituto Histórico del Perú (Historic Institute of Peru) for the period 1956-1962. Peruvian president Manuel Prado Ugarteche named him Minister of Education a second time in 1956, a post he held until his resignation in 1958. He was professor of History of Peru at Colegio Guadalupe (1929-1931) and at the National Pedagogical Institute (1930-1931); exerted the doctoral chair of History of Peru at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (1935); and he was professor of critical history of Peru at the Chorrillos Military School (1941-1945). He was secretary general of the XXVII International Congress of Americanists, based in Lima (1939). He was president of the Historical Institute of Peru (today National Academy of History), from 1956 to 1962; member of the Peruvian Academy of Language (since 1941) and member of the Geographical Society of Lima. He was awarded the Order of the Sun of Peru in the degree of Grand Cross in 1979. Private life He married Isabel Ayulo and had a son named Jorge Basadre Ayulo. Publications Basadre was a prolific writer; his numerous works on the history of Peru in the 19th and 20th centuries are still a benchmark for historians interested in this period. His publications include La multitud, la ciudad y el campo en la historia del Perú (1929), La iniciación de la República (1929-1930), Perú, problema y posibilidad (1931), La promesa de la vida peruana (1943), El conde de Lemos y su tiempo (1945), Meditaciones sobre el destino histórico del Perú (1947), Chile, Perú y Bolivia independientes (1948), El Perú en la cronología universal, 1776-1801 (1957), El azar en la historia y sus límites (1971), La vida y la historia (1975)