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Rómulo Gallegos
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OverviewAI-generated
Rómulo Gallegos was a writer born in 1884 who died in 1969. His literary output included 111 works, with notable titles such as *Canaima*, *Doña Bárbara*, *Cantaclaro*, *Canaima, seguida de*, and *Sus mejores cuentos*. Crossref records five of his works.
The author is referenced by 289 other encyclopedia articles. On Last.fm, his name is associated with five listeners and a total playcount of 38.
Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1884
- Died
- 1969
- Works
- 111
Top works
- Canaima
- Doña Bárbara
- Cantaclaro
- Canaima, seguida de
- Sus mejores cuentos
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 38
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/R%C3%B3mulo+Gallegos">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The<i>Gaia</i>mission
· 2016 · cited 6,411x
- <i>Gaia</i>Data Release 1
· 2016 · cited 1,819x
- Observation of keyhole-mode laser melting in laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing
· 2014 · cited 1,515x
- World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative
· 2022 · cited 1,423x
- Lyapunov functions for fractional order systems
· 2014 · cited 1,359x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Rómulo Betancourt
- Succeeded by
- Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
- Born
- Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire , ( 1884-08-02 ) 2 August 1884, Caracas , Venezuela
- Died
- 5 April 1969 (1969-04-05) (aged 84), Caracas, Venezuela
- Party
- Acción Democrática
- Spouse
- Teotiste Arocha Egui (1888–1950)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Venezuela
- Place of birth
- Caracas
- Place of death
- Caracas
- Occupation
- journalist
- Position held
- senator for life
- Educated at
- Central University of Venezuela
- Political party
- Democratic Action
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Rómulo Gallegos.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Rómulo Gallegos
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- date of birth
- 1884-08-02
- date of death
- 1969-04-05
- member of
- Academia Venezolana de la Lengua
- Commons gallery
- Rómulo Gallegos
- place of burial
- National Pantheon
- name in native language
- Rómulo Gallegos
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. In 1948, he became the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power after only nine months by a military coup.
Rómulo Gallegos is considered the most important Venezuelan novelist of the 20th century and a prominent figure in Latin American literature.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rómulo Gallegos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.