Rómulo Gallegos

Writing

Birthday	Aug 2, 1884 (85 years old)
Deathday	Apr 4, 1969
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Gender	Male

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.