Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944)Nobel Prize in Literature Nominees Database 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.
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
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