Julio Picasso Muñoz (Ica, 1939-Lima, † 2015)

Th e recent death of humanist Julio Picasso Muñoz has left speechless family, friends, colleagues and numerous students. However, displays of aff ection continue and keep giving clues about his endearing personality. In this occasion, the long three-decade friendship is the base for the pages that P. D onato Jiménez Sanz, O.A.R has dedicated to him. More than an extension of his grief, produced by the loss, this text is a celebration. Th e celebration of a great friendship, the remembrance of long days of work and praying, the expectations on his work as an academic and translator of classic authors —considered by Julio and P. Donato as “their friends”—, just like the