Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño (6 August 1896 – 21 May 1955) was a noted

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n poet and politician. He was a member of the '' Generación del 28'', and one of the founders of

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(AD). He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela from 15 February 1948 until 24 November 1948.

Biography

He was born in

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, 6 August 1896. Blanco's family settled on

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, ( Nueva Esparta State) where he lived part of his childhood, until he moved to

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to attend classes at Universidad Central de Venezuela. He earned his first award in 1918 by writing the pastoral poem ''Canto a la Espiga y al Arado'', and released his first drama play, ''El Huerto de la Epopeya''. That year he was put in jail by protesting against the government. In 1923 got his first prize at the ''

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'' (Floral Games) in Santander,

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with the poem '' Canto a España'' (A Song to Spain). He traveled to Spain to receive the reward and stayed there for more than a year. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela from 15 February 1948 until 24 November 1948.. In 1948 Blanco was exiled to

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and

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera singer and actor whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and raised in nearby Guamúchil. He died on 15 Apri ...

sings the song "Angelitos Negros" in the homonymous film inspired by his poem ' set to music by the Mexican composer Manuel Álvarez Maciste. It's a protest against racism. He died in Mexico City, Mexico, 21 May 1955. Several Venezuelan

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are named in his honor.

Bibliography

* ''Tierras que me oyeron'' (1921) * ''Poda'' (1934) * ''La Aeroplana Clueca'' (1935) * ''Baedeker 2000'' (1935) * ''Barco de Piedra'' (1937) * ''Abigaíl'' (1937) * ''Malvina recobrada'' (1938) * ''Liberación y Siembra'' (1938) * ''Angelitos Negros'' (Black Little Angels) (1943) * ''El Poeta y el pueblo'' (1954) * ''Giraluna'' (1955) * ''La Juanbimbada'' (1959)

References

"Andrés Eloy Blanco"

* Francisco Escamilla-Vera. Andrés Eloy Blanco (1896–1955). Barcelona: ''Biblio 3W – REVISTA BIBLIOGRÁFICA DE GEOGRAFÍA Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES'' (Serie documental de Geo Crítica), Universidad de Barcelona. Vol. IX, nº 550, 5 de diciembre de 200

* Luis Chesney Lawrence (Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas). ''Venezuelan dramatists in shadows: Andrés Eloy Blanco''. In Spanis

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