Rómulo Gallegos
Born
August 2, 1884
Died
April 4, 1969 (84 years old)
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Caracas, Venezuela
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of nine months during 1948, he governed as the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. Gallegos is considered the most relevant Venezuelan novelist of the 20th century, and a prominent figure in Latin American literature.
