Rufino Blanco Fombona Explained

Birth Date:	17 June 1874
Birth Place:	Caracas
Death Date:	16 October 1944
Death Place:	Buenos Aires

Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874 - 1944)^[1] was a Venezuelan literary historian and man of letters who played a major role in bringing the works of Latin American writers to world attention. He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.^[2]

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

See also

• Political prisoners in Venezuela

References

1. https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/literature/nomination.php?action=show&showid=1195 Nobel Prize in Literature Nominees Database
2. Web site: Nomination Database. nobelprize.org. 2017-04-19.