- Pedro Sotillo
Pedro Sotillo was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, and poet. He was a distinguished member of the
Generation of 1928 and co-founder of several well-known magazines such asEl Ingenioso Hidalgo andVálvula .Early life
Pedro Sotillo was born in
San José de Unare ,Venezuela , in 1902. In 1928, Sotillo and several other young writers, including Arturo Úslar Pietri,Miguel Otero Silva ,Nelson Himiob ,Juan Oropeza ,Fernando Paz Castillo ,Gonzalo Carnevalli , among others, founded the literary magazineVálvula . Válvula was considered the official voice of the Venezuelanvanguardistas .Journalist work
In 1935, Pedro Sotillo founded another magazine,
El Ingenioso Hidalgo , along with his friends Arturo Úslar Pietri,Julián Padrón , andAlfredo Boulton . Later, in 1939, he published his first work, "Andanzas". Other works would follow suit, "La Calle y Los Caminos" in 1951, and "Caminos nocturnos", in 1956.During the 1940s, Pedro Sotillo worked as director of
El Nacional , which today is one ofVenezuela 's largest newspapers, and that was founded by his friend, novelistMiguel Otero Silva . He also worked forEl Heraldo , a very important newspaper in Venezuela during the 1940s and 1950's, owned by his very close friendRicardo Domínguez Urbano-Taylor .Last years
Pedro Sotillo occupied several political posts during the 1950s, including Secretary of Government, governor of the state of
Guárico , and as a Venezuelan congressman. Pedro Sotillo died in Caracas in 1977.See also
*Arturo Úslar Pietri
*Miguel Otero Silva External links
*es icon [http://www.dramateatro.arts.ve/ensayos/n_0011/hans_velazquez_11.html "Las didascalias como discurso clarificador en La Llave de Arturo Úsla Pietri"] by Hans Velásquez B., "Dramateatro Revista Digital", retrieved November 3, 2005.
*es icon [http://www.ficcionbreve.org/libros/prologo3.htm "Mi primer libro"] by Arturo Úslar Pietri, "Ficción Breve Venezolana", retrieved November 3, 2005.
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