Juan Liscano
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| Born | 7 July 1914 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Died | 17 February 2001 (aged 86) Caracas, Venezuela |
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Juan Liscano Velutini (Caracas, 1914 - Caracas, 2001) Venezuelan poet, folklorist, writer and critic. Director of Monte Ávila Editores, amongst his poetic work emphasizes: Nuevo mundo Orinoco (1959), Cármenes (1966) and Fundaciones (1981). Also wrote: Panorama de la literatura venezolana actual (1973) Espiritualidad y literatura: una relación tormentosa (1976), Los fuegos apagados (1990) and El origen sigue siendo (1991). In 1990 published a personal Anthology, a route for his poetic trajectory. He won the National Prize for Literature in 1951.
