The Modern Novel

Biography

Rómulo Gallegos was born in Caracas in 1884. He initially studied law but gave it up and worked first in a railway station and then as a teacher. He started to write, first publishing short stories, often based on rural Venezuelan life. He then started writing novels and had his greatest success with Doña Bárbara (Doña Bárbara), which was highly critical of the regime of Juan Vicente Gómez. Gómez first appointed him as a senator but Gallegos decided to flee the country and he went to Spain, where he continued writing novels. He returned to Venezuela in 1936, after the death of Gómez, and became involved in public life, serving as minister, congressman, and mayor of Caracas. He was elected president in 1947, taking office in 1948, but he was overthrown later that year by the military and fled to Cuba and then to Mexico. He returned to Venezuela in 1958 but did not take up politics again. He died in 1969.

Books about Rómulo Gallegos

Lowell Dunham: Rómulo Gallegos
José Ramón Medina : Rómulo Gallegos; ensayo biográfico

Other links

Rómulo Gallegos
Rómulo Gallegos (in Spanish)
Rómulo Gallegos (in Spanish)
Rómulo Gallegos (in Spanish)
Rómulo Gallegos (in Spanish)
Rómulo Gallegos (in Spanish)
Rómulo Gallegos, el maestro (in Spanish)
24 de noviembre de 1948: Auge y caída de Rómulo Gallegos (in Spanish)