Rufino Blanco Fombona

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Rufino Blanco Fombona (18741944)[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]

Rufino Blanco Fombona
Photograph by Kaulak (before 1915)
Photograph by Kaulak (before 1915)
Born(1874-06-17)17 June 1874
Died16 October 1944(1944-10-16) (aged 70)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Works

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  • 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

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