Ibsen Martínez (born 20 October 1951) is a columnist, mathematician, journalist, and playwright from

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. Ibsen is a graduate from

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pure mathematics Pure mathematics is the study of mathematical concepts independently of any application outside mathematics. These concepts may originate in real-world concerns, and the results obtained may later turn out to be useful for practical applications, ...

. Since 1995, he has written a weekly column for ''El Nacional''. His writings have appeared in ''

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'', ''The New York Times'', '' Letras Libres'', and ''

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''. Martinez has also written several plays for the theater. Martínez also writes

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(called "telenovelas" in Latin America). One of them was "

Por Estas Calles ''Por estas calles'' (English: ''On These Streets'') is a Venezuelan telenovela broadcast by Radio Caracas Televisión between 1992 and 1994. It was extremely popular in Venezuela, due to its very realistic approach to the day-to-day life of the ...

" (Along these streets) a television drama, in 1992.

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