nonfiction – Venezuelan Literature Project

Ednodio Quintero (1947- )

Posted onJuly 30, 2017July 30, 2017

Biography Ednodio José Quintero Montilla was born on 11 March 1947 in the town of Las Mesitas, state of Trujillo, in the Andean mountains of Venezuela. A forestry engineer by training, Quintero exemplifies Venezuela’s long tradition of polymath hommes de plum (see Read More …

Rómulo Betancourt (1908-1981)

Posted onJuly 30, 2017April 27, 2018

Biography Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello was born on 22 February 1908 in Guatire, a town on the outskirts of Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. He was a member of a group of college students and activists who organized a Read More …