Guillermo Meneses
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| Born | December 15, 1911 Caracas, Venezuela |
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| Died | December 28, 1978 (aged 67) Porlamar, Nueva Esparta |
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Guillermo Meneses (Caracas, December 15, 1911 - Porlamar, Nueva Esparta, December 29, 1978), Venezuelan writer, playwright, journalist, of La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde and Campeones among many other novels, His parents were Olegario Meneses and Matilde Amitesarove; his mother died of childbirth, and he was raised by his father and his aunt Gertrudis (Tula) Amitesarove,one of the most distinguished educators of her times,with his three sibling. He attended primary school at the Chaves School and the San Pablo Institute, he courses high school at the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola of Caracas. His passion for literature was expressed from an early age, collaborating as writer at the Elite magazine from 1930.
In 1934, the Association of Writers of Venezuela publishes his first short story, La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde, written when he was sixteen. In 1935, he graduates as Doctor in Political Sciences (Law) at the Central University of Venezuela, combines his professional activities with his literary work. General Solicitor of Miranda state, Prosecutor of the Public Ministry in Guárico, Judge of First Instance in the Criminal Court of Anzoátegui state and Raporter of the Supreme Court of the Guárico. In the 1940s he continues contributing with his writings in important newspapers and publications of Venezuela and Latin America, like the National Magazine of Culture (from 1941-Venezuela), El Nacional (from 1945-Venezuela) and the Magazine of America, of Bogotá (1946). In 1948 following the coup d´etat that toppled democratically elected President Rómulo Gallegos exiles in Bogota, along with his family.He works for the Colombian paper "Sábado", of the distinguished familia Mendoza, that produced several writers and journalists.
Winner of the short story competition of "Elite" magazine, with Campeones (1939); he also published El mestizo Jose Vargas (1942) and La mujer, el as de oros y la luna (1948). Second Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, was commissioned to Paris (1948-1953),in charge of the Embassy of Venezuela in Brussels (1953-1957) and soon with the same position in the Embassy of Venezuela in Paris (1957-1959). Winner of the "Arístides Rojas Prize" (novel) with El Falso Cuaderno de Narciso Espejo (1952), he won this prize over Romulo Gallegos, he writes in the Papel Literario of El Nacional (from 1954-Venezuela). Director of the Elite magazine, received the Municipal Prize of Prose (1963), for his novel La misa de Arlequín; Director of the magazine of the Municipal City Council of Caracas,"Chronic of Caracas" (November 1964). During his life he writes with the pseudonyms of “Juan de Caracas” and “José de las Gradillas”, author of the Libro de Caracas (1967), historian of Caracas from 1965 until his death. Guillermo Meneses was awarded the Venezuelan National Prize of Literature in 1967. He was also awarded "The Order City of Caracas", Several comendations and Condecorations by Venezuela, Belgium and France, the "Order Andres Bello" was imposed on him by President Rafael Caldera.
Guillermo Meneses was married to Sofía Ímber (1944-1964) a respected journalist, with her, he traveled to Europe as a member of the Diplomatic Corps, establishing relationship with the group of Venezuelan artists under the name of Los Disidentes (The Dissidents) who were living in Paris at that time, among them Jesus Soto, Mateo Manaure, Narciso Deburg.
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- (Spanish) Guillermo Meneses biography
