Author · Venezuela
Arturo Uslar Pietri
Died in 2001
Arturo Uslar Pietri was born in Caracas in 1906, the son of a general. In 1929 he was appointed attaché at the Venezuelan legation in Paris, where he stayed five years. Back in his country, he was Minister of Education, of Finance and then of the Interior, and secretary to the presidency under Isaías Medina, and stood in the presidential election of 1963. For several decades he hosted a weekly television programme, received the Prince of Asturias Award in 1990 and died in 2001.
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- NovelThe Red LancesLas lanzas coloradasArturo Uslar Pietri · 1931Literature