Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944) was a Venezuelan

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and

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who played a major role in bringing the works of

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to world attention. He is buried in the

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. He was nominated for the

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six times.

Works

* 1899: ''Trovadores y trovas'' * 1900: ''Cuentos de poeta'' * 1904: ''Cuentos americanos'' * 1907: ''El hombre de hierro'' * 1911: ''Cantos de la prisión y del destierro'' * 1915: ''El hombre de oro'' * 1917: ''Grandes escritores de América'' * 1921: ''El conquistador español del siglo XVI'' * 1927: ''La mitra en la mano'' * 1931: ''La bella y la fiera'' * 1933: ''Camino de imperfección''

References

People from Caracas Venezuelan male writers Male novelists Ambassadors of Venezuela to Uruguay 1874 births 1944 deaths Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela 20th-century Venezuelan novelists Prisoners and detainees of Venezuela {{Venezuela-writer-stub