Venezuela

Andrés Bello
Born: 29 NOV 1781 – Caracas
Died: 15 OCT 1865
Type: Writer, statesman, man of ideas
Achievements:
Rómulo Gallegos
Born: 02 AUG 1884 – Caracas
Died: 05 APR 1969 – Caracas
Type: Prose writer
Achievements: National Prize for Literature (1958) Alberdi-Sarmiento Prize (Argentina, 1959) American Prize (Mexico, 1967) His name is given to the prestigious literary prize created by the Venezuelan government in 1964.
Miguel Otero Silva
Born: 26 OCT 1908 – Barcelona, Venezuela
Died: 28 AUG 1985 – Caracas
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements: Founded the newspaper El Nacional (1942) Appointed member of the Venezuelan Academy of the Language (1972)
Teresa de la Parra (Ana Teresa Parra Sanojo)
Born: 05 OCT 1889 – Paris, France
Died: 23 APR 1936 – Madrid, Spain
Type: Venezuelan prose writer
Achievements: Casa Editora Franco-Ibero-Americana Prize (Paris, 1924)
Arturo Uslar Pietri
Born: 16 MAY 1906 – Caracas
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements: Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1990)