Rufino Blanco-Fombona

Rufino Blanco-Fombona
Born 17 June 1874
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Died 16 October 1944
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(aged 70)

Rufino Blanco-Fombona born 17 June 1874, Caracas, Venezuela died 16 October 1944,[1] Buenos Aires, Argentina was a Venezuelan writer. He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.[2]

Venezuelan literary historian and man of letters who played a major role in bringing the works of Latin American writers to world attention.

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References

  1. Nobel Prize in Literature Nominees Database
  2. "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.


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