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'''Juan Beroes''' (September 24, 1914 |
'''Juan Beroes''' (September 24, 1914 – August 3, 1975) was a [[Venezuelan]] poet. |
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He was born on September 24, 1914 in [[San Cristóbal, Táchira]], Venezuela. He gained a [[Political Science]] degree from the [[Central University of Venezuela]] in 1940<ref>[http://encontrarte.aporrea.org/efemerides/e2641.html Venezuela: Nace Juan Beroes]</ref>. He contributed articles to the newspapers ''El Nacional'' (Caracas) since 1945, ''El Tiempo'' (Bogotá) between 1946-1947, and to the ''Revista Nacional de Cultura'' of [[Caracas]] (the National Culture Magazine). He served as a diplomat and cultural attache at the Venezuelan embassies in Colombia, Ecuador and Italy<ref>[http://www.buscabiografias.com/bios/biografia/verDetalle/879/Juan%20Beroes Biografía de Juan Beroes - quién es, información, datos, historia, obras, vida]</ref>. |
He was born on September 24, 1914 in [[San Cristóbal, Táchira]], Venezuela. He gained a [[Political Science]] degree from the [[Central University of Venezuela]] in 1940<ref>[http://encontrarte.aporrea.org/efemerides/e2641.html Venezuela: Nace Juan Beroes]</ref>. He contributed articles to the newspapers ''El Nacional'' (Caracas) since 1945, ''El Tiempo'' (Bogotá) between 1946-1947, and to the ''Revista Nacional de Cultura'' of [[Caracas]] (the National Culture Magazine). He served as a diplomat and cultural attache at the Venezuelan embassies in Colombia, Ecuador and Italy<ref>[http://www.buscabiografias.com/bios/biografia/verDetalle/879/Juan%20Beroes Biografía de Juan Beroes - quién es, información, datos, historia, obras, vida]</ref>. |
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Juan Beroes (September 24, 1914 – August 3, 1975) was a Venezuelan poet.
He was born on September 24, 1914 in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela. He gained a Political Science degree from the Central University of Venezuela in 1940[1]. He contributed articles to the newspapers El Nacional (Caracas) since 1945, El Tiempo (Bogotá) between 1946-1947, and to the Revista Nacional de Cultura of Caracas (the National Culture Magazine). He served as a diplomat and cultural attache at the Venezuelan embassies in Colombia, Ecuador and Italy[2].
He represented Venezuela at the Third Biennial International Poetry Contest in Knokke-Zoute (Belgium). In 1947 he won the Municipal Poetry Prize with his work Prisión Terrena (Earthly Prison). In 1948 he won the literary prize of the magazine Contrapunto and in 1957 he was awarded the National Prize for Literature for his work Materia de Eternidad (Matter of Eternity)[3].