Salvador Garmendia
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Salvador Garmendia Graterón (1928 – 2001) was a notable Venezuela
n author, was born in Barquisimeto
, Lara state
, 11 June 1928. His parents were Ezequiel Garmendia and Dolores Graterón. He graduated High school in Barquisimeto, and from then on he was largely self-educated as he was unable to continue formal education due to economic difficulties. An integral part of his formation was due to contracting tuberculosis and hence being bed-ridden for three years convalescing.
His literary initiation was bound to the group of the Sardio magazine and to the well-known Techo de la ballena. With Los pequeños seres (1958), his first novel, Garmedia showed his remarkable dowries of observation and his interest by the routine existence of the inhabitants of the urban centres and of the alienation that suffer in their work and with their relatives. In 1959, he received the Municipal Prize of Prose for this novel. His fine explorations in the maladjustment and the failure of the people, later extended to greater scopes in novels like: Los habitantes (1961), Día de ceniza (1963), La mala vida (1968), Los pies de barro (1973) and Memorias de Altagracia (1973). Progressively, he enriched the realism with the contribution of the fantastic sort in volatile stories like: Doble fondo (1966), Difuntos, extraños y volátiles (1970), Los escondites (1972, National Prize for Literature
), El único lugar posible (1981), La gata y la señora (1987) and Cuentos Cómicos (1991), increasing the irony, impregnating a meticulous presentation of the atmospheres and personages. Among other works we can mention: El inquieto Anacobero y otros cuentos (1976), El brujo hípico y otros relatos (1979), Hace mal tiempo afuera (1986) and El capitán Kid (1989). In 1989 he received the Juan Rulfo Prize for: Tan desnuda como una piedra
Salvador Garmendia died in Caracas
, on 13 May 2001.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n author, was born in Barquisimeto
Barquisimeto
Barquisimeto is the capital city of the State of Lara located in west central Venezuela, halfway between Caracas and Maracaibo on the Turbio River.-Overview:...
, Lara state
Lara (state)
Lara State is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital is Barquisimeto.Lara State covers a total surface area of and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 1,795,100.- Municipalities and municipal seats :...
, 11 June 1928. His parents were Ezequiel Garmendia and Dolores Graterón. He graduated High school in Barquisimeto, and from then on he was largely self-educated as he was unable to continue formal education due to economic difficulties. An integral part of his formation was due to contracting tuberculosis and hence being bed-ridden for three years convalescing.
His literary initiation was bound to the group of the Sardio magazine and to the well-known Techo de la ballena. With Los pequeños seres (1958), his first novel, Garmedia showed his remarkable dowries of observation and his interest by the routine existence of the inhabitants of the urban centres and of the alienation that suffer in their work and with their relatives. In 1959, he received the Municipal Prize of Prose for this novel. His fine explorations in the maladjustment and the failure of the people, later extended to greater scopes in novels like: Los habitantes (1961), Día de ceniza (1963), La mala vida (1968), Los pies de barro (1973) and Memorias de Altagracia (1973). Progressively, he enriched the realism with the contribution of the fantastic sort in volatile stories like: Doble fondo (1966), Difuntos, extraños y volátiles (1970), Los escondites (1972, National Prize for Literature
National Prize for Literature (Venezuela)
The National Prize for Literature is a literary award made annually to Venezuelan writers.* 1948 Mario Briceño Iragorry...
), El único lugar posible (1981), La gata y la señora (1987) and Cuentos Cómicos (1991), increasing the irony, impregnating a meticulous presentation of the atmospheres and personages. Among other works we can mention: El inquieto Anacobero y otros cuentos (1976), El brujo hípico y otros relatos (1979), Hace mal tiempo afuera (1986) and El capitán Kid (1989). In 1989 he received the Juan Rulfo Prize for: Tan desnuda como una piedra
Salvador Garmendia died in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, on 13 May 2001.