Vicente Gerbasi (June 2, 1913 in Canaobo,
Carabobo
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– December 28, 1992 in
Caracas
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) was a representative poet of Venezuelan 20th century.
Biography
Vicente Gerbasi was born in Canoabo, a small city in
Carabobo
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in Northern
Venezuela
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as child of Italian immigrants. He was part of the "Grupo Viernes", and published many books of poetry; in later years, many were published by
Monte Ávila Editores
Monte Ávila Editores is the largest and most important publishing house in Venezuela. Between 1980 and 2000 it published over 300 titles, largely by Venezuelan authors, producing over 1.2m copies.
Founded in 1968 on the initiative of author Sim ...
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Gerbasi was also ambassador of Venezuela for many years:
Haiti
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(1959),
Israel
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(1960–1964),
Denmark
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and
Norway
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,
Poland
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(1969–1971).
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Biografía Cronológica
He received an honorary doctorate from the
University of Carabobo
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in 1984.
[ In 1986 ]Biblioteca Ayacucho The Biblioteca Ayacucho (''Ayacucho Library'') is an editorial entity of the government of Venezuela, founded on September 10, 1974. It is managed by the ''Fundación Biblioteca Ayacucho''. Its name, ''Ayacucho'', comes from the intention to honor t ...
published his ''Obra Poética''.[
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Works
*''Vigilia del náufrago'', 1937
*''Bosque doliente'', 1940
*''Liras'', 1943
*''Poemas de la noche y de la tierra'', 1943
*''Mi padre, el inmigrante'', 1945
*''Tres nocturnos'', 1947
*''Poemas'', 1947
*''Los espacios cálidos'', 1952
*''Círculos del trueno'', 1953
*''La rama del relámpago'', 1953
*''Tirano de sombra y fuego'', 1955
*''Por arte del sol'', 1958
*''Olivos de eternidad'', 1961
*''Retumba como un sótano del cielo'', 1977
*''Edades perdidas'', 1981
*''Los colores ocultos'', 1985
*''Un día muy distante'', 1987
*''El solitario viento de las hojas'', 1990
*''Iniciación a la intemperie'', 1990
References
External links
Vicente Gerbasi in Spanish
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Venezuelan male poets
People from Carabobo
1913 births
1992 deaths
20th-century Venezuelan poets
20th-century male writers