Venezuela

Andrés Bello
Born: 29 NOV 1781 -- Caracas
Died: 15 OCT 1865
Type: Writer, statesman, man of ideas
Achievements:

Rómulo Gallegos
Born: 02 AUG 1884 -- Caracas
Died: 05 APR 1969 - Caracas
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:
  1. National Prize for Literature (1958)
  2. Alberdi-Sarmiento Prize (Argentina, 1959)
  3. American Prize (Mexico, 1967)
  4. His name is given to the prestigious literary prize created by the Venezuelan government in 1964.

Miguel Otero Silva
Born: 26 OCT 1908 -- Barcelona, Venezuela
Died: 28 AUG 1985 -- Caracas
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements:
  1. Founded the newspaper El Nacional (1942)
  2. Appointed member of the Venezuelan Academy of the Language (1972)

Teresa de la Parra (Ana Teresa Parra Sanojo)
Born: 05 OCT 1889 -- Paris, France
Died: 23 APR 1936 -- Madrid, Spain
Type: Venezuelan prose writer
Achievements:
  1. Casa Editora Franco-Ibero-Americana Prize (Paris, 1924)

Arturo Uslar Pietri
Born: 16 MAY 1906 -- Caracas
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:
  1. Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1990)