Manuel Díaz Rodríguez

Manuel Díaz Rodríguez
144th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
In office 9 December 1913 – 22 October 1914
President	Juan Vicente Gómez
Preceded by	José Ladislao Andara
Succeeded by	Ignacio Andrade
Personal details
Born	(1871-02-28)28 February 1871 Caracas, Venezuela
Died	24 August 1927(1927-08-24) (aged 56) New York City, United States
Spouse	Graziella Calcaño
Profession	Writer, diplomat, physician
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Manuel Díaz Rodríguez (28 February 1871 – 24 August 1927), was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, physician, diplomat and politician. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the Hispanic modernismo movement.

Life

He was born in Chacao, Miranda state. He served as director of Higher Education and Fine Arts at the Ministry of Education in 1911, Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1913 and 1914, Senator for the Bolívar state in 1915, Minister of Development in 1916, Minister Plenipotentiary of Venezuela in Italy from 1919 until 1923, Head of Government of the states Nueva Esparta (1925) and Sucre (1926). He became a member of the National Academy of History in 1926. He died in New York City, where he had traveled for treatment of a throat ailment, in 1927.

Bibliography

• Sensaciones de Viajes(1896)
• Confesiones de Psiquis (1897)
• De mis romerías (1898)
• Cuentos de Color (1899)
• Ídolos rotos (1901)
• Sangre Patricia (1902)
• Camino de Perfección (1910)
• Sermones líricos(1918)
• Peregrina o el Pozo encantado (1922)

See also

• Literature of Venezuela
• List of Venezuelan writers
• List of ministers of foreign affairs of Venezuela

References

• (in Spanish) Biography at Venezuelatuya.com
• (in Spanish) Biography of the Mayorship of Chacao
• (in Spanish) Biography by Pedro Díaz Seijas