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Venezuelan literature can be traced to pre-Hispanic times with the myths and oral literature that formed the cosmogonic view of the world that indigenous people had. Some of this stories are still know in Venezuela. Like many Latin American countries, the Spanish conquerors have had the most effect on both the culture and the literature. The first written documents of the Spanish colonizers are considered the origin of Venezuela's written literature. This included chronicles, letters, acts, etc. Venezuela's first major writer was Andrés Bello. The Venezuelan literature developed in the 19th century with the formation of Venezuela as a nation state and the political conflicts of the time between conservatives and liberals. In the 20th century, with the modernization and urbanization of Venezuela thanks to the economic boom provided by the petroleum, some of its finest writers were: Rómulo Gallegos, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Salvador Garmendia.
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