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List Of Venezuelan Writers
This is a list in alphabetical order of Venezuelan literary figures and their most representative works, including poets, novelists, historians, essayists, and scholars. A-B * Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (1921–1990) historian, author of "El osario de Dios" (1967). * Laura Antillano (born 1950), writer, author of "Dime si adentro de ti, no oyes tu corazón partir" (1983 and 1992), "La luna no es pan de horno y otros cuentos" (2005). * José Antonio de Armas Chitty (1908–1995) historian, author of "Zaraza, Biografía de un Pueblo", "Caracas habla en Documentos". * Rafael Arráiz Lucca (born 1959) historian, essayist, poet and journalist, author of "Venezuela en cuatro asaltos" (1993), "El recuerdo de Venecia y otros ensayos" (1999) and "Venezuela: 1830 a nuestros días" (2007). * Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva (1886–1962) poet, author of "Voz asilada" (1939). *Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (1905–1971) poet, author of "Cantas" (1938) and "Glosas del cancionero" (1950). * Michaelle Ascencio (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Caldera
Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez ( (); 24 January 1916 – 24 December 2009), twice elected the president of Venezuela, served for two five-year terms (1969–1974 and 1994–1999), becoming the longest serving democratically elected leader to govern the country in the twentieth century. His first term marked the first peaceful transfer of power to the opposition in Venezuela's history. Widely acknowledged as one of the founders of Venezuela's democratic system,John D. Martz, "Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador," in Jan Knippers Black, ed. ''Latin America, Its Problems and Its Promise'', 2nd ed. (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1991), 439 one of the main architects of the 1961 Constitution, and a pioneer of the Christian Democratic movement in Latin America, Caldera helped forge an unprecedented period of civilian democratic rule in a country beleaguered by a history of political violence and military caudillos. His leadership established Venezuela's reputation as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Calcaño
María Calcaño (Maracaibo, 1906 – Caracas, 1956) was a Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...n poet. She was married at 14, and had six children before the age of 27. Her success as a poet was belated, and she preferred to talk about a subversive eroticism in her poems instead of aesthetic patterns or social topics, which were the main subjects of her contemporaries. Quotations *Había olvidado las muñecas / por venirme con él'' :(I had forgotten the dolls / to come along with him) ''Canciones que oyeron mis últimas muñecas'' (1956) Books *Alas fatales (1935) *Canciones que oyeron mis últimas muñecas (1956) *Entre la luna y los hombres (1961), after her death. {{DEFAULTSORT:Calcano Venezuelan women writers People from Maracaibo 1906 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Cadenas
Rafael Cadenas (born 8 April 1930 Barquisimeto, Lara) is a Venezuelan poet and essayist. Career He taught for many years at the Central University of Venezuela. He received the National Prize for Literature (1985), Guadalajara's International Book Fair prize of literature (Romance languages) (México, 2009) and García Lorca Prize (2015). Cadenas was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2022, the first Venezuelan to receive the award. Awards * Conac's essay prize (1984). * National Prize for Literature (Poetry)(Venezuela, 1985). * Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde's International Prize of Poetry (1992). * Guggenheim Fellowship (1986). * Honorary degree from the University of the Andes, Venezuela The University of the Andes ( Spanish: ''Universidad de Los Andes'', ULA) is the second-oldest university in Venezuela, whose main campus is located in the city of Mérida, Venezuela. ULA is the largest public university in the Venezuelan Andes ... (2001). * Honorary degree from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ignacio Cabrujas
José Ignacio Cabrujas Lofiego (July 17, 1937 – October 21, 1995 in Porlamar, Margarita Island) was a Venezuelan playwright, theater director, chronicler, soap opera writer, drama librettist, screenplay writer, radio moderator, humanist and political campaigns designer. He is considered one of the founders and innovators of the modern telenovela genre in Latin America, and is called the "Maestro de las Telenovelas." Early years José Ignacio Cabrujas spent his childhood in the Caracas neighborhood of Catia. His parents were José Ramón Cabruja Esteso and Matilde Lofiego of Cabruja. His original name is "Cabruja" so he was changed when the a story emerged during his tenure in the Teatro Universitario (TU). The confusion arises from the renowned journalist Lorenzo Batallán, who published a note on the Cabrujas' performance at TU, adding an "S". Apparently the young actor was pleased and decided to continue using the 'S', so he came to be known as "José Ignacio Cabrujas." Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Caballero
Manuel Antonio Caballero Agüero (5 December 1931 – 12 December 2010) was a notable Venezuelan historian, journalist, best-selling author and professor of contemporary Venezuelan History at the Central University of Venezuela. Biography Caballero was born in Barquisimeto, studied history at the Central University of Venezuela and obtained a PhD at University College London. With the publication of his PhD dissertation he became the first Venezuelan author to be published by Cambridge University Press. In 1989 he was invited to teach at Universitá degli Studi di Napoli in Italy. He received the National Award on Journalism (Premio Nacional de Periodismo) and the National History Award (Premio Nacional de Historia, 1994) and in 2005 he was elected as a member of the ''Academia Nacional de la Historia'' (or National Academy of History of Venezuela). He wrote regularly for Venezuelan newspapers '' El Nacional, El Diario de Caracas'' and most recently '' El Universal.'' Despite h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Britto García
Luis Britto García (born 9 October 1940, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan writer, playwright and essayist. His fiction has been recognised twice with the Casa de Las Américas Prize, for his works ''Rajatabla'' (1970) and ''Abrapalabra'' (1979). In 2002, he was the winner of Venezuela's National Prize for Literature, given as a lifetime achievement award. In 2005 he was recognized with the Ezequiel Martínez Estrada honorary award of Casa de Las Américas. In May 2012, he was appointed by President Hugo Chávez to the Venezuelan Council of State, "the highest circle of advisers to the president" provided for in the Venezuelan Constitution. Life Britto García graduated as a lawyer from the Central University of Venezuela in 1962 and obtained a doctorate in law from the same university in 1969. He obtained a diploma in Latin American studies at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris in 1982. He taught at the faculty of economics and social sciences of the Central Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Brito Figueroa
Federico Britto Figueroa ( La Victoria, 2 November 1921 - Caracas, 28 April 2000) was a Venezuelan Marxist historian and anthropologist. Brito's ideas and writings played an important role in the ideological formation of Hugo Chavez, former president of Venezuela. Born in La Victoria in Venezuela, Brito was a member of Venezuela's National Democratic Party ('' Partido Democrático Nacional'' — PDN, which later renamed Acción Democrática) in 1936. Britto, after profound schisms appeared in the Venezuelan left, joined the Venezuelan Communist Party ( Partido Comunista de Venezuela — PCV), together with Domingo Maza Zavala and Luis Miquilena. In 1946, Britto entered the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional (National Teaching Institute) to obtain the title of professor of social sciences. Britto later travelled to México. There, he studied in the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National School of Anthropology and History). Along with Wenceslao Roces and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Brandt
Carlos Brandt (11 October 1875 – 27 February 1964) was a Venezuelan author, naturopath, philosopher and vegetarianism activist. Biography He was born in Miranda, Venezuela, the son of a German immigrant Karl Brandt, a coffee planter and exporter, and Zoraida Tortolero, mother to Carlos, Juan Luis, Fernando, Augusto, Asteria and Mary."Anarcoefemèrides de l'11 d'octubre" estelnegre.org. Retrieved 8 October 2022. His younger brother (by 17 years) was the composer . He studied in Elementary School and was sent to Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Briceño Iragorry
Mario Briceño Iragorry ( Trujillo, 15 September 1897 – Caracas, 16 June 1958), was a Venezuelan intellectual and cultural analyst. He was also a notable writer, politician, journalist, lawyer, historian, diplomatic and teacher. He won the National Prize for Literature in 1948. The Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality The Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a populat ... in Aragua is named for him. Bibliography * Horas ''Hours'' (1921) * Motivos ''Motives'' (1922) * Ventanas en la noche ''Windows in the Night'' (1925) * Lecturas Venezolanas ''Venezuelan Lectures'' (1926) * Tapices de Historia Patria ''History Homeland Tapestries'' (1933) * Temas Inconclusos ''Unfinished topics'' (1942) * Sentido y Ámbito del Congreso de Angostura ''Meaning and Scope of the Congress of Angostura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufino Blanco Fombona
Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944) was a Venezuelan History of literature, literary historian and Intellectual, man of letters who played a major role in bringing the works of Latin American writers to world attention. He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times. Works * 1899: ''Trovadores y trovas'' * 1900: ''Cuentos de poeta'' * 1904: ''Cuentos americanos'' * 1907: ''El hombre de hierro'' * 1911: ''Cantos de la prisión y del destierro'' * 1915: ''El hombre de oro'' * 1917: ''Grandes escritores de América'' * 1921: ''El conquistador español del siglo XVI'' * 1927: ''La mitra en la mano'' * 1931: ''La bella y la fiera'' * 1933: ''Camino de imperfección'' References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
