Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta (February 6, 1929 – June 14, 2011) was a Venezuelan writer, essayist and literary critic, specialized in the life and work of Andrés Bello. In 1978, he won the Municipal Prize of Literature for the work ''Poesía contemporánea de Venezuela''. He served as the president of the Venezuelan Academy of Language, is an honorary member of the

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, and was president of the National Council of Culture (CONAC) in the late 1990s. He also has hosted the television show Valores (Values).

Partial bibliography

*Cecilio Acosta, vida y obra *Apreciación literaria *"El Llanero", un problema de crítica literaria *Cronología de Andrés Bello *El epistolario de Andrés Bello *El Andrés Bello Universal *Verdades y mentiras sobre Andrés Bello *Aproximaciones a Bello *Poesía contemporánea de Venezuela *Literatura hispanoamericana (In collaboration with Domingo Miliani) *Del ser y del quehacer de Julio Garmendia

References

* * * *El Universal, June 30, 2008. "En el País existe segregación", interview to Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta {{DEFAULTSORT:Sambrano Urdaneta, Oscar 1929 births 2011 deaths Central University of Venezuela alumni Academic staff of the Central University of Venezuela Venezuelan literary critics Venezuelan male writers Venezuelan essayists Male essayists People from Trujillo, Peru Members of the Venezuelan Academy of Language