Rómulo Gallegos

1884 - 1969

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: novel

country of citizenship: Venezuela

languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish

educated at: Central University of Venezuela

occupation: writer, politician, novelist, journalist

award received: National Prize for Literature, Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico

position held: senator for life, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Venezuela, President of Venezuela

Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of nine months during 1948, he governed as the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power by military officers in the 1948 Venezuelan coup.Rómulo Gallegos is considered the most relevant Venezuelan novelist of the 20th century, and a prominent figure in Latin American literature. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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