Oscar Yanes

Oscar Yanes
Born	April 25, 1927 (1927-04-25) (age 84) Caracas, Venezuela
Occupation	Journalist, writer
Nationality	Venezuelan
Genres	Novel, history
Subjects	History of Venezuela
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Oscar Armando Yanes González (born 25 April 1927 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan journalist and writer.

Yanes is considered a pioneer in Venezuelan television journalism, particularly in the televised interview. He has become famous for his historical research revealing disconcerting events in Venezuela History, and his television program Así son las Cosas (The way things are). Yanes has been awarded three times the National Prize of Journalism, and he received First Prize from the Association of Writers of Venezuela in the contest Biographies of Famous Venezuelans, for his book Carlos J. Bello, el Sabio Olvidado (Carlos J. Bello, the forgotten Wizard). He also won the Silver Book Prize in 1992 awarded by Planeta Publishing, for the largest book circulation of the year.^[1]

Published works

• Carlos J. Bello, el Sabio Olvidado (1946)
• Vida íntima de Leo (1948)
• Cosas de Caracas (1967)
• Cosas del mundo (1972)
• Por qué yo maté a Delgado Chalbaud, las confesiones de Pedro Antonio Díaz (1980)
• Amores del última Página (1991)
• Memorias de Armandito (1992)
• Los años inolvidables (1992)
• Del Trocadero al Pasapoga (1993)
• Hoy es mañana o las vainas de un reportero muerto (1994)
• Así Son las Cosas collection (1996–1999)
• Pura Pantalla (2000)
• Ternera y Puerta Franca (2003)
• Nadie me quita lo Bailao (2007)
• Nadie me quita lo Bailao II (2009)

See also

• Venezuelan literature

References

1. ^ El Universal (April 2007). "Los 80 años de Oscar Yánes". http://www.eluniversal.com/estampas/anteriores/220407/encuentros.shtml. Retrieved 16 January 2010.  (Spanish)

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Name	Yanes, Oscar
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Date of birth	25 April 1927
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
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