Venezuelan literature

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Venezuelan literature has been influenced by the culture of several countries that have landed in Venezuela. Like many Latin American countries, the Spanish conquerors have had the most effect on both the culture and the literature. Unfortunately, the people native to this country had only an acute influence due to the dominating Spaniards, as well as political and cultural unity among the native population.

[edit] Contemporary Venezuelan literature

Venezuelan poetry and fiction literature has been enhanced during the 20th Century by such people as

• Arturo Uslar Pietri
• Juan Liscano
• Ana Enriqueta Teran
• Jose Ramon Medina
• Juan Sanchez Pelaez
• Rafael Cadenas
• Francisco Perez Perdomo
• Miguel Otero Silva
• Ramon Palomares
• Eugenio Montejo
• Luis Alberto Crespo
• Hanni Ossott
• Enrique Hernandez D’Jesus
• Rafael Arraiz Lucca
• Romulo Gallegos
• Teresa de la Parra
• Antonia Palacios
• Guillermo Meneses
• Oswaldo Trejo
• Salvador Garmendia
• Adriano Gonzalez Leon
• Jose Balza
• Luis Brito Garcia
• Eduardo Liendo.

Many of these literary works are in the Spanish language because if they were to be translated into English, the value of the words would not be as significant or would lose some of its meaning.

[edit] Writers

• Julio Garmendia (b.1898)
• Juan Liscano (b. 1915)
  • Nombrar Contra el Tiempo-anthology of his first six books of poetry
  • “Espiritualidad y Literatura”
  • “Los Mitos de la Sexualidad”-about mankind’s fate in a world lacking religious values.
• Ana Enriqueta Terán (b. 1918)
• José Ramón Medina (b. 1921), the founder and director of Biblioteca Ayacucho.
  • Ser Verdadero-anthology
  • “La Edad de la Esperanza” (1947)
  • “Sobre la Tierra Yerma” (1971)
  • “Certezas y Presagios” (1984)
  • 50 Años de Literatura Venezolana (1969)-history book that is brought up to date every ten years.
• Juan Sánchez Peláez (b. 1915)
  • Poesía 1951-1981-book with all of his poems during this time frame
• Rafael Cadenas (b. 1930)
  • Cantos Iniciales (1946): his first book published at the age of sixteen.
  • Panorama de la Literatura Venezolana Actual (1973)
  • Los Cuadernon del Destierro (1960)
  • “Faisas Maniobras” (1966)
  • “Memorial” (1977)
  • “Intemperie” (1977)
  • “Amante” (1983)
  • “Satori”
• Francisco Pérez Perdomo (b. 1930)
  • Huespedes Nocturnos (1971)
  • Ceremonias (1976)
  • Circulos de Sombras (1980)
  • Los Ritos Secretos (1988)
• Ramón Palomares (b. 1935)
  • Poesía (1977)
• Eugenio Montejo (b. 1938)
  • Algunas Palabras (1976)
  • Terredad (1978)
  • Trópico Absoluto (1982)
  • Alfabeto del Mundo (1987)
  • “Entre el Silencio y la Palabra” is about earth and nature
• Luís Alberto Crespo (b. 1941)
  • “Constumbre de Sequía” (1977)
  • “Resolana” (1980)
  • “Entreabierto” (1984)
  • “Señores de la Distancia” (1988)
  • “Mediodía o Nunca” (1989)
• Hanni Ossott (b. 1946)
  • “Espacios de Ausencia y de Luz” (1982)
  • “El Reino donde la Noche se Abre” (1986)
  • Cielo tu Arco Grande
• Enrique Hernández D'Jesus (b. 1947)
  • Mi Sagrada Familia (1968)
• Rafael Arráiz Lucca (b. 1959), Fundarte Prize for Poetry in 1987.
  • Terrenos (1985)
  • Almaeon (1988)
• Rómulo Gallegos (1884-1969). Fictional stories of Venezuela history
  • Doña Bárbara (1929)
  • Cantaclaro (1943)
  • Canaima (1935)
• Teresa de la Parra (died in 1936 due to tuberculosis)
  • Ifigenia (1924)
  • Memorias de Mama Blanca (1929)
• Antonia Palacios
  • Ana Isabel, una Nina Decente (1949)
• Guillermo Meneses (1911-1978)
  • “El Falso Cuaderno de Narciso Espejo” (1952)
  • “Cinco Novelas” (1972)
  • “Espejos y Disfraces” (1981)
• Oswaldo Trejo (b. 1924)
  • “También los Hombres son Ciudades” (1962)
  • “Textos de un Texto con Teresas” (1975)
  • “Anden Lejano” (1968)
• Salvador Garmendia (b. 1928)
  • “Los Pequeños Seres” (1959)
  • “Los Habitantes” (1961)
  • “Día de Ceniza” (1968)
  • “La Mala Vida” (1968)
• Adriano González León (b. 1931)
  • “Las Hogueras más Altas” (1957)
  • “Asfalto Infierno” (1963)
  • “Hombre que Daba Sed” (1967)
  • “País Portátil” (1968)
• José Balza (b. 1939)
  • “Marzo Anterior” (1965)
  • Largo (1968)
  • Setecientas Palmeras Plantadas en el Mismo Lugar (1974)
  • D (1977)
  • Un Rostro Absolutamente (1982)
  • La Mujer de Espaldas (1968)
  • Medianoche en video: 1/5
• Luís Brito García (b. 1941)
  • “Abrapalabra”
• Eduardo Liendo (b. 1941)
  • “Los Platos del Diablo” (1985)
  • “El Mago de la Cara de Vidrio” (1973)

[edit] References

• [1] (23 February 2006)