Rómulo Gallegos(1884-1969)
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Gallegos is not only famous as a writer of novels (the most famous of
which is _Doña Barbara (1923)_, short stories and political articles. In 1947, after
having been Minister of Education, he was elected President of
Venezuela. In 1948, however, he was overthrown by a military coup, upon
which he went into exile. He returned to Caracas in 1958, where he died
in 1969. Among his most famous novels are, apart from Doña Barbara :
_La Trepadora_ (1924), _Los Aventureros_ (1913) and _Los Inmigrantes_
(1913). He also wrote a play : _El Milagro del año_ (1911).
