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Rufino Blanco Fombona | |
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Born | 17 June 1874 Caracas |
Died | 16 October 1944 Buenos Aires |
Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944) [1] was a Venezuelan literary historian and man of letters who played a major role in bringing the works of Latin American writers to world attention. He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times. [2]