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poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

essayist An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal a ...

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scholar A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researche ...

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* 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 Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (September 3, 1905 – March 28, 1971), was a Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet. He was author oFlorentino y El Diablo which was set to music as a duet in the style known as ''contrapunteo''. Legacy A Alb ...

(1905–1971) poet, author of "Cantas" (1938) and "Glosas del cancionero" (1950). * Michaelle Ascencio (1943-2014), writer and anthropologist, author of "Amargo y dulzón" (2002), "Mundo, Demonio y Carne" (2015). *

Rafael María Baralt Rafael María Baralt y Pérez (3 July 1810 - 4 January 1860) was a Venezuelan diplomat and one of the country's most famed writers, philologists, and historians. He was the first Latin American to occupy a chair at the Real Academia Española. B ...

(1810–1860) diplomat, writer and historian, author of "Resumen de la Historia de Venezuela" (1840) and "Adiós a la Patria" (1842). *

Alberto Barrera Tyszka Alberto José Barrera Tyszka (born 18 February 1960) is a Venezuelan writer. In 2006, he received the Herralde Prize for his novel ''La enfermedad'' ("The Sickness"). Life and career Barrera Tyszka was born in Caracas, and grew up in Venezuela. ...

(born 1960) novelist, poet, screenwriter, author of the novel "La enfermedad" (2006), awarded with the Herralde Prize, and "Patria or Muerte" (2015). * Natividad Barroso (born 1937) writer and ethnologist *

Andrés Bello Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (; November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan- Chilean humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an ...

(1781–1865) humanist, poet, philosopher and educator, author of "Calendario manual y guía de forasteros" (1810), "Alocución a la poesía" (1823) and "Silva a la agricultura de la zona tórrida" (1826). * Krina Ber (born 1948), writer, author of ''La Hora Perdida'' (2015, ''Ficciones asesinas'' (2020). *

Rómulo Betancourt Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello (22 February 1908 – 28 September 1981; ), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was the president of Venezuela, serving from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Acción De ...

(1908–1981) politician, journalist and essayist, author of "Venezuela: política y petróleo" (1956). * Andrés Eloy Blanco (1897–1955) politician and poet, author of "Liberación y siembra" (1938) "Giraluna" (1955) and "La Juanbimbada" (1959). * Eduardo Blanco (1840–1903) novelist and historian, author of "Venezuela Heróica" and "Zárate" (1882). *

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 N ...

(1874–1944) historian, author of "El hombre de hierro" (1907), "El hombre de oro" (1915) and "Mocedades de Bolívar" (1939). * Mario Briceño Iragorry (1897–1958) essayist and historian, author of "El caballero de Ledesma" (1951), "Mensaje sin Destino" (1952). * Carlos Brandt (1875–1964) *

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 pre ...

(1921–2000) historian, author of "La estructura económica de Venezuela colonial" (1978) and "Tiempo de Ezequiel Zamora" (1981). *

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 ...

(born 1941) essayist, author of "Rajatabla" (1970) and "Abrapalabra" (1980).

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* Manuel Caballero (1931–2010), essayist and historian, author of "EL orgullo de leer" (1988), "Gómez, El tirano liberal" (1993) and "Rómulo Betancourt, político de nación" (2004). *

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 poli ...

(1937–1995), writer, playwright, author of "Acto cultural; El dia que me quieras; La soberbia milagrosa del General Pio Fernández" – Colección Primer acto (1979), "El país según Cabrujas" (1992). *

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 Internationa ...

(born 1930), poet, author of "Los cuadernos del destierro" (1960) and "Intemperie" (1977). * María Calcaño (1906–1956), poet, author of "Alas fatales" (1935), "Canciones que oyeron mis últimas muñecas" (1956). *

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 leade ...

(1916–2009), politician, lawyer and essayist, author of "Andrés Bello" (1935), "Derecho del Trabajo" (1939), "Reflexiones de la Rábida" (1976), "Bolívar Siempre" (1987) and "Los causahabientes, de Carabobo a Puntofijo" (1999). * Juan Calzadilla (born 1931), poet and art critic, author of "Malos modales" (1968) and "Diario sin sujeto" (1999). *

Germán Carrera Damas Germán Carrera Damas (Cumaná, Sucre (state), Sucre, 28 May 1930), is a Venezuelan historian, professor and retired ambassador, author of important works of Venezuela's historiography such as ''El Culto a Bolívar'' (1969) and ''Una nación lla ...

(born 1930), historian, author of "El Culto a Bolívar" (1969), "Una nación llamada Venezuela" (1980). * Juan Carlos Chirinos (born 1967), novelist, short story writer and biographer, author of "Gemelas" (2012), "Nochebosque" (2011), "Los sordos trilingües" (2011), "Miranda, el nómada sentimental" (2006), "La reina de los cuatro nombres" (2005), "El niño malo cuenta hasta cien y se retira" (2004), "Alejandro Magno, el vivo anhelo de conocer" (2004), "Albert Einstein, cartas probables para Hann" (2004), "Homero haciendo ''zapping''" (2003) and "Leerse los gatos" (1997). *

Simón Alberto Consalvi Simón Alberto Consalvi (7 July 1927 – 11 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, diplomat and historian. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela on two occasions (1977-1979/1985-1988), Minister of Internal Affairs of Vene ...

(1927–2013), essayist and historian, author of "Auge y caída de Rómulo Gallegos". * Victoria de Stefano (1940-2023), writer and philosopher, author of "''Paleografías"'' (2010), "''Historias de la marcha a pie"'' (Reed. 2013). *

Manuel Díaz Rodríguez Manuel Díaz Rodríguez (28 February 1871 – 24 August 1927), was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, physician, diplomat and politician. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the Hispanic ''modernismo'' movement. He was bo ...

(1871–1927), diplomat, novelist, author of "Idolos rotos" (1901), "Sangre patricia" (1902) and "Peregrina" (1926). * Mercedes Franco (born 1948), novelist, author of "La Capa Roja" (1992), "Vuelven los Fantasmas" (1996) and "Crónica Caribana" (2006). * Alicia Freilich (born 1939), writer, novelist, journalist and educator; author of "Cuarta Dimensión" (1975), "La Venedemocracia" (1978), "Kápler" (1987), "Colombina Descubierta" (1991).

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Rómulo Gallegos Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of nine months during 1948, he governed as the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was ...

(1884–1969), novelist and politician, author of "La Trepadora" (1925), " Doña Bárbara" (1929), "Cantaclaro" (1934), "Canaima" (1935), "Pobre Negro" (1937). *

Luis García Morales Luis Antonio García Morales (August 6, 1929 – July 3, 2015) was a Venezuelan poet and a cultural promoter born in Ciudad Bolívar. In 1984, his book of poems ''El río siempre'' won the prize of the Venezuela's National Council of Culture. Ga ...

(1929–2015), poet and cultural promoter, author of "El río siempre" (1984). * Julio Garmendia (1898–1977), short story writer, author of "La tienda de muñecos" (1927) and "La Tuna de Oro" (1951). * Salvador Garmendia (1928–2001), novelist, author of "Los Pequeños Seres" (1959), "Los Habitantes" (1961), "Día de Ceniza" (1968), "Memorias de Altagracia" (1974). *

Vicente Gerbasi Vicente Gerbasi (June 2, 1913 in Canaobo, Carabobo – December 28, 1992 in Caracas) was a representative poet of Venezuelan 20th century. Biography Vicente Gerbasi was born in Canoabo, a small city in Carabobo in Northern Venezuela as child ...

(1913–1992), poet, author of "Mi padre el inmigrante" (1945), "Los espacios cálidos" (1952) and "Los colores ocultos" (1985). *

José Gil Fortoul José Gil Fortoul (25 November 1861, in Barquisimeto, Lara – 15 June 1943, in Caracas) was a Venezuelan writer, historian, and politician, who was briefly the acting president of Venezuela. As a political scientist and legal scholar, he is cl ...

(1861–1943), historian and journalist, author of "El humo de mi pipa" (1891) and "Historia Constitucional de Venezuela" (1909). * Jacqueline Goldberg (born 1966), poet, novelist, author of "''Las horas claras" (''2013), "Nosotros, los salvados" (2015). *

Francisco González Guinán Francisco González Guinán (3 October 1841 – 7 December 1932), was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, lawyer, prominent historian of the 19th century in his country, and one of the main supporters of Antonio Guzmán Blanco. Biography Franci ...

(1841–1932), journalist and historian, author of "El consejero de la juventud" (1877), "Historia Contemporánea de Venezuela" (published between 1891 and 1915) and "Tradiciones de mi pueblo" (1927). * Adriano González León (1931–2008), novelist and poet, author of "Las Hogueras más Altas" (1957), "Asfalto Infierno" (1963), "El hombre que daba sed" (1967), and "País portátil" (1968). * Pedro Grases (1909–2004), Spanish born essayist, compilator, author of "Anuario Bibliográfico Venezolano" (1942–1948). * Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991), historian and novelist, author of "Boves el urogallo" (1972), "Los amos del valle" (1979), "La historia fabulada" (1981–1983) and "Los cuatro reyes de la baraja" (1991). * Boris Izaguirre (born 1965), novelist and essayist, author of "Fetiche" (2003) and "Villa diamante" (2007).

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* Santiago Key Ayala (1874–1959), historian, writer and diplomat, and is considered one of the most important Venezuelan intellectuals from the first half of the 20th century * Elisa Lerner (born 1932), playwright and essayist, author of "En el vasto silencio de Manhattan" (1961), "Yo amo a Columbo o la pasión dispersa" (2002). * Eduardo Liendo (born 1941), novelist, author of "Los Platos del Diablo" (1985) and "El Mago de la Cara de Vidrio" (1973). *

Juan Liscano Juan Liscano Velutini (7 July 1915 – 17 February 2001) was a Venezuelan poet, folklorist, writer and critic. He was director of Monte Ávila Editores. Major examples of his poetic work are: ''Nuevo mundo Orinoco'' (1959), ''Cármenes'' (1966) ...

(1914–2001), poet, author of "Nombrar contra el tiempo" (anthology of his first six books of poetry), "Espiritualidad y literatura", and "Los mitos de la sexualidad". *

Luz Machado Luz Machado (Ciudad Bolívar, February 3, 1916 – August 11, 1999, pseudonym: Ágata Cruz) was a Venezuelan political activist, journalist and poet. She founded the Circle of Venezuelan Writers (''Círculo Escritores de Venezuela'') and was a ...

(1916-1999), poet, author of "''La espiga amarga" (1950), "Retratos y tormentos" (1973).'' * Antonieta Madrid (born 1939), writer, author of "No es tiempo para rosas rojas" (1975), "De Raposas y de Lobos" (2001). *

Cristina Marcano Cristina Marcano (born 1960), is a biographer of former Venezuelan President of Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez. Along with Alberto Barrera Tyszka, she authored ''Hugo Chávez Sin Uniforme: Una Historia Personal'', which was published in 2005 by ...

(born 1960), journalist, author of "Hugo Chávez Sin Uniforme: Una Historia Personal" (2005). * Ibsen Martínez (born 1951), narrator, playwright, author of "Humboldt & Bonpland, taxidermistas; L.S.D. – Lucio in the sky with diamonds" (1991), "El mono aullador de los manglares" (2000), "El señor Marx no está en casa" (2009). * Francisco Massiani (1944–2019), novelist, author of "Piedra de Mar" (1968). * Milagros Mata Gil (born 1951), novelist, essayist, author of "La casa en llamas" (1986), "Memorias de una antigua primavera" (1989). * José Ramón Medina (1919–2010), poet and essayist, founder and director of Biblioteca Ayacucho, author of "Ser verdadero" (anthology), "La edad de la esperanza" (1947), "Sobre la tierra yerma" (1971), "Certezas y Presagios" (1984), and "50 años de literatura venezolana" (1969). * Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez (born 1967), novelist, author of "El libro de Esther" (1999). *

Guillermo Meneses Guillermo Meneses ( Caracas, 15 December 1911 - Porlamar, Nueva Esparta, 29 December 1978) was a Venezuelan writer, playwright, and journalist. He was the author of ''La Balandra 'Isabel' llegó esta tarde'' and ''Campeones'', among other works. ...

(1911–1978), historian and novelist, author of "El Falso Cuaderno de Narciso Espejo" (1952), "Cinco Novelas" (1972), and "Espejos y Disfraces" (1981). * Augusto Mijares (1897–1979), historian, school teacher, author of "Lo afirmativo venezolano" (1963) and "El Libertador" (1965). * Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008), poet, author of "Algunas Palabras" (1976), "Terredad" (1978), "Trópico Absoluto" (1982), "Alfabeto del Mundo" (1987), and "Entre el Silencio y la Palabra". * Guillermo Morón (1926–2021), historian and novelist, author of "Microhistorias" (1980), "El gallo de las espuelas de oro" (1984), "Los presidentes de Venezuela" (1993). * Stefania Mosca (1957-2009), novelist and essayist, author of "Seres cotidianos" (1990), "La última cena" (1991), "Banales" (1993). * Aquiles Nazoa (1920–1976), poet, author of "Los humoristas de Caracas" (1966), "Caracas física y espiritual" (1967) and "Humor y Amor" (1970).

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Hanni Ossott Hanni Ossott (14 February 1946 – 31 December 2002) was a poet, translator and critic from Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the ...

(1946–2002), poet, author of "Espacios de Ausencia y de Luz" (1982), "El Reino donde la Noche se Abre" (1986), "Cielo tu Arco Grande" (1989). * Edgar C. Otálvora (born 1959), historian, journalist and politician, author of "La Crisis de la Corbeta Caldas". *

Miguel Otero Silva Miguel Otero Silva (October 26, 1908 – August 28, 1985), was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, humorist and politician. A figure of great relevance in Venezuelan literature, his literary and journalistic works related strictly to the socio-politi ...

(1908–1985), journalist and novelist, author of "Fiebre" (1931), "Casas Muertas" (1955), "Cuando quiero llorar no lloro" (1970). * Julián Padrón (1910–1954), novelist, author of "La Guaricha" (1934). *

Antonia Palacios Antonia Palacios (13 May 1904 – 2001) was a Venezuelan poet, novelist and essayist. She won the National Prize for Literature in 1976 and the Municipal Prize for Literature in 1982. Along with Miguel Otero Silva, Pablo Rojas Guardia, Luis Castro ...

(1904-2001), poet, novelist and essayist, author of "Ana Isabel : una niña decente" (1969), "Los Insulares" (1972). * Ramón Palomares (1935–2016), poet, author of "El reino" (1958), "Adiós Escuque" (1974). * Yolanda Pantin (born 1954), poet, author of "Casa o lobo" (1981), "Poemas del escritor" (1989), "El ciervo" (2019). *

Isaac J Pardo Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was th ...

(1905–2000), historian, essayist, author of "Esta tierra de gracia" (1955), "Fuegos bajo el agua" (1983) * Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936), novelist, author of "Ifigenia" (1924) and "Las memorias de Mamá Blanca" (1929). *

Fernando Paz Castillo Fernando Paz Castillo Aristeguieta (11 April 1893 in Caracas – 30 July 1981 in Caracas), was a Venezuelan poet, literary critic, diplomat, and educator. He received the National Prize for Literature in 1967. Partial bibliography *''La huer ...

(1893–1981), poet, author of "La voz de los cuatros vientos" (1931), "Signo" (1937), "Reflexiones de atardecer" (1964), "Entre pintores y escritores" (1970). * Ramón Paz Ipuana (1937-1992), poet and writer of shorts stories in both Spanish and

Wayuu language Wayuu ( guc, Wayuunaiki ), or Guajiro, is a major Arawakan language spoken by 305,000 indigenous Wayuu people in northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia on the Guajira Peninsula. There are 200,000 speakers of Wayuu in Venezuela and 120 ...

, author of ''Mitos, leyendas y cuentos guajiros'' (1973), ''El Conejo y el Mapurite'' (1979). * Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde (1846–1892), poet, author of "Vuelta a la Patria" (1877) * Manuel Pérez Vila (1922–1991), Spanish born historian, author of "Las campañas periodísticas del Libertador" (1968). *

Teodoro Petkoff Teodoro Petkoff Malec (; 3 January 1932 – 31 October 2018) was a Venezuelan politician, guerrilla, economist and journalist. One of Venezuela's most prominent politicians on the left, Petkoff began as a communist but founded the democratic s ...

(1932–2018), politician, journalist and essayist, author of "Checoslovaquia: El Socialismo como problema" (1969), "Proceso a la izquierda" (1976), "Las Dos Izquierdas" (2005). *

Mariano Picón Salas Mariano Federico Picón Salas was a Venezuelan diplomatic, cultural critic and writer of the 20th century, born in Mérida, Mérida, Mérida (Mérida State) on January 26, 1901, and died in Caracas on January 1, 1965. Among his books, his collecti ...

(1901–1965), essayist, novelist and historian, author of "Viaje al amanecer" (1943), "Comprensión de Venezuela" (1949), "Los días de Cipriano Castro" (1953). * Cruz Salmerón Acosta (1892–1929), poet, author of "Fuente de Amargura" (1952). * Elías Pino Iturrieta (born 1944), historian, author of "Contra lujuria y castidad" (1992), "Venezuela metida en cintura" (1998), "El Divino Bolívar" (2003). * José Rafael Pocaterra (1889–1955), historian and short story writer, author of "Cuentos Grotescos" (1922), "Memorias de un venezolano de la decadencia" (1936). *

José Antonio Ramos Sucre José Antonio Ramos Sucre ( Cumaná, 9 June 1890 – Geneva, 13 June 1930) was a Venezuelan poet, professor, diplomat and scholar. He was a member of the Sucre family of Venezuela and the great-great-nephew of Antonio José de Sucre. He was educa ...

(1890–1930), poet, author of "La Torre de Timón" (1925), "El cielo de esmalte" (1929) and "Las formas del fuego" (1929). * Lucia Raynero (born 1955), historian, author of "La noción de libertad en los politicos venezolanos del siglo XIX" (2001), "Clio frente al espejo" (2007). *

Simón Rodríguez Simón Rodríguez (October 28, 1769, Caracas, Venezuela – February 28, 1854, Amotape, Peru), known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a Venezuelan philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and men ...

(1769–1854), philosopher and educator, author of "Sociedades Americanas" (1828). * Manuel Vicente Romerogarcía (1861–1917), novelist and journalist, author of "Peonía" (1890). *

Rafael Ángel Rondón Márquez Rafael Ángel Rondón Márquez, better known as R.A. Rondón Márquez (Zea, Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of ...

(1898–1966), historian, author of "Guzmán Blanco, el autócrata civilizador" (1944). * Jesús Rosas Marcano (1930–2001), poet, journalist and educator, author of "Proclama de la espiga" (1958), "Cotiledón, Cotiledón, la vida" (1965), "Manso vidrio del aire" (1968), "Así en la tierra como en el cielo" (1976). *

Juan Germán Roscio Juan Germán Roscio (27 May 1763 – 10 March 1821) was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician of Italian background. He served as the secretary of foreign affairs for the Supreme Junta, Junta of Caracas, as Venezuela's first foreign minister, ...

(1762–1821), politician, lawyer and writer, author of "El triunfo de la libertad sobre el despotismo" (1817).

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José Luis Salcedo Bastardo José Luis Salcedo Bastardo (15 March 1926 – 16 February 2005) was a Venezuelan historian and diplomat. He was born in Carúpano, and died in Caracas. References José Luis Salcedo Bastardo# José Luis Salcedo Bastardo. “Un hombre diáfano ...

(1926–2005), historian, author of "Historia Fundamental de Venezuela" (1977). *

Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ...

(1929–2011), essayist and compiler, author of "Aproximaciones a Bello", "Poesía contemporánea de Venezuela", "Literatura hispanoamericana". * Juan Sánchez Peláez (1922–2003), poet, author of "Poesía 1951–1981". * Nery Santos Gómez (born 1967), short story writer, author of "Hilandera de tramas" (2012), "Lazareto de afecciones" (2018), "Al borde de la decencia" (2019). * Jesús Sanoja Hernández (1930–2007), journalist and historian, author of "Entre golpes y revoluciones" (2007). * Elizabeth Schön (1921-2007), poet, playwright and essayist, author of "El abuelo, la cesta y el mar (1965), "La flor, el barco, el alma" (1995). * Tomás Straka (born 1972), historian, author of "La Voz de los Vencidos" (2006), "Las Alas de Ícaro", "Un Reino para este mundo" (2006), "Contra Bolívar" (2009), "La épica del desencanto" (2009). * Ana Enriqueta Terán (1918–2017), poet, author of "Casa de hablas" (1991). *

Ana Teresa Torres Ana Teresa Torres (born 6 July 1945) is a Venezuelan novelist, essayist and short story writer. Her writing, both fiction and non-fiction, is often concerned with Venezuelan history and politics, memory, gender, and psychoanalysis. Life Torr ...

(born 1945), novelist, essayist and short story writer, author of "Doña Inés contra el olvido" (1992), "Nocturama" (2006) and "La escribana del viento" (2013). * Fermín Toro (1807–1865), politician, diplomat, essayist and novelist, author of "Los Mártires" (1842). *

Alfredo Toro Hardy Alfredo Toro Hardy (born in Caracas on May 22, 1950) is a Venezuelan retired career diplomat, scholar and public intellectual. During his diplomatic career, he occupied some of Venezuela's top ambassadorial posts, including Washington, London, ...

(born 1950), diplomat and writer, author of "¿Para qué una Política Exterior?" (1984), "El Desafío Venezolano" (1987), "La Maldición de Sísifo" (1989), "La Era de las Aldeas" (2002), "¿Tiene Futuro América Latina?" (2004), "Hegemonía e Imperio" (2007), "The World Turned Upside Down", (2013), “Understanding Latin America” (2017), “The Crossroads of Globalization” (2017), “China versus US: Who Will Prevail?” (2020). *

Arturo Uslar Pietri Arturo Uslar Pietri (16 May 1906 in Caracas – 26 February 2001) was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician. Life Born on 16 May 1906 in Caracas, Venezuela, his parents were generalSantos Himiob ...

(1906–2001), novelist, essayist, journalist and historian, author of "Las lanzas coloradas" (1931), "El camino de El Dorado" (1947), "Oficio de difuntos" (1976), "La isla de Robinson" (1981), "La visita en el tiempo" (1990). *

Laureano Vallenilla Lanz Laureano Vallenilla Lanz (November 10, 1870 – November 16, 1936) was a Venezuelan intellectual and sociologist who occupied the presidency of the congress for 20 years during the Gomez regime. Political career Vallenilla Lanz held a number of ...

(1870–1936), historian, journalist and philosopher, author of "El gendarme necesario" (1911) and "Cesarismo democrático" (1919). * Francisco Villarroel (1965), lawyer, writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. He is best known for the 2019 film Two Autumns in Paris, which is the adaptation of his novel of the same name published in 2007 *

Oscar Yanes Oscar Armando Yanes González (25 April 1927 Caracas – 21 October 2013) was a Venezuelan journalist and bestselling author, considered a pioneer in Venezuelan broadcast journalism. He was awarded by three times with the National Prize for Jour ...

(1927–2013), journalist, author of "Cosas del mundo" (1972), "Memorias de Armandito" (1992) and "Pura Pantalla" (2000). * Humberto Tejera (1890–1971), poet, writer, essayist, author of "Cinco Águilas Blancas" (1932), "Una Voz" ((1939), "Crónica de la escuela rural mexicana" (1963).Henríquez Vera, Rigoberto. "Tejera el desterrado" Imprenta oficial del estado Mérida. Mérida-Venezuela.1978. 392 p

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