The first section of the essay offers a historical account of the “bohemias” and athenaeums in Peru as laboratories of avant-garde movements and in relation to Trujillo’s Bohemia. In the second part, the aesthetic and pedagogic ideas of Antenor Orrego are analyzed to decentralize Amauta, the magazine, by searching for other Peruvian amautas. Likewise, the aesthetic and pedagogic contributions of Orrego are connected to his intellectual work. In the third part, the impact of Orrego’s work in the Peruvian avant-garde is analyzed. The discovery of common motifs in the texts of César Vallejo, Antenor Orrego and Alcides Spelucín show their constant collaboration.