Rafael Arráiz Lucca (born 3 January 1959,
Caracas
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) is a
Venezuela
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n historian, essayist, poet, and professor.
Career
Arraiz Lucca is a professor in the
Metropolitan University of Caracas (UNIMET). Since 2001, has been in charge of the "Fundación Para la Cultura Urbana" (Foundation for Urban Culture), in Caracas. Became a lawyer in 1983 at the
Andrés Bello Catholic University
Andrés Bello Catholic University also known in Spanish as Universidad Católica Andrés Bello is a private university in Venezuela. One of the largest universities in Venezuela, UCAB has campuses in several cities, such as Caracas (where the mai ...
(UCAB), specialist in integrated communications in 2002 (UNIMET), in 2005 finished a mastership in history at the UCAB.
Has written many poem books including: ''Balizaje'' (1983), ''Terrenos'' (1985), ''Almacén'' (1988), ''Litoral'' (1991), ''Pesadumbre en Bridgetown'' (1992), ''Batallas'' (1995), ''Poemas Ingleses'' (1997), ''Reverón 25 poemas'' (1997) and ''Plexo Solar'' (2002). Has been the writer of some works of literature and history such as ''Venezuela: 1830 a nuestros días'' (Review of Venezuelan history from 1830), in 2007, and ''Literatura Venezolana del Siglo XX'' (Venezuelan literature of the 20th century), in 2009, and has contributed with some essay books: ''Venezuela en cuatro asaltos'' (1993), ''Trece lecturas venezolanas'' (1997), ''Vueltas a la patria'' (1997), ''Los oficios de la luz'' (1998), ''El recuerdo de Venecia y otros ensayos'' (1999), ''El coro de las voces solitarias, una historia de la poesía venezolana'' (2002) and ''¿Que es la globalizacion?'' (2002). Weekly writer at Venezuelan daily
El Nacional since 1983.
During the 1990s, Arráiz Lucca was director of the National Council of Culture and president of the state-owned publishing ''Monte Ávila Editores Latinoamericana''.
Being a prolific poet and essayist, he took part in the ''Calicanto'' workshop ran by fellow writer
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 ...
. This experience led to an urban proposal that took shape in the form of a speech which focused on the 80s.
See also
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Venezuela
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Venezuelan literature
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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.
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* Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (1921–1990) historian, author of "El osario de ...
External links
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Review about Arráiz Lucca´s career at the XIX Medellín International Festival of Poetry website
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1959 births
Living people
Writers from Caracas
20th-century Venezuelan lawyers
20th-century Venezuelan historians
Venezuelan literary critics
Venezuelan male writers
Venezuelan people of Italian descent
Andrés Bello Catholic University alumni
21st-century Venezuelan historians