[Curiosities] Rómulo Gallegos, innovator of Latin American narrative

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The Venezuelan writer and politician has numerous distinctions and recognitions for his contribution to culture in Latin America, for books such as La Trepadora (1925), Cantaclaro (1934), Canaima (1935) and his most recognizable novel Doña Bárbara (1929). , which had the most translations in the world (English, French, Russian, Italian, Esperanto, among others), which demonstrates its universal theme.

 

 

At an early age he began his steps in politics as an opponent of the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez. When Eleazar López Contreras took office in 1936, Gallegos was named Minister of Public Instruction, an office that he tried to reform, even changing its name to the Ministry of National Education; However, his efforts to carry out a profound school reform were hindered by a National Congress largely dominated by Gomecismo and he was forced to resign.

In 1941 Democratic Action (formerly the National Democratic Party), of which he appears as founder, proposed Gallegos as a candidate for the presidency of the Nation, losing to General Isaias Medina Angarita.

 

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