Aquiles Nazoa (

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, 17 May 1920 - 26 April 1976) was a

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n writer, journalist, poet and humorist. His work expressed the values of popular

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Career

He worked in the newspaper '' El Universal'' as a packer, later becoming a proof-reader. He had also begun to read English and French which allowed him to work simultaneously as a tourist guide in the Museo de Bellas Artes. He became the correspondent of El Universal in

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and was arrested in 1940 for ''defamation and slanderous allegations'' when criticising the Municipal authorities. He worked in ''Tropical Radio'', had a column in '' El Universal'' entitled ''Punta de lanza'' (spearhead), and was reporter for the newspaper ''

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.'' He collaborated in the weekly magazine El Morrocoy Azul and the newspaper '' El Nacional''. He wrote for the Colombian magazine, ''Sábado'' (Saturday) and lived a year in

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. In 1945, he became editor of the magazine Fantoches. In 1956, he was expelled from the country by the

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, but returned in 1958. In 1948, Nazoa obtained the ''Premio Nacional de Periodismo'' (National Journalism Prize) in the ''humour and customs'' section. He was also awarded the ''Premio Municipal de Literatura del Distrito Federal'' (Municipal Prize for Literature of the Federal District) in 1967. He died in an automobile accident between Caracas and

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Published works

*''Caperucita criolla'' (Creole Little Red Riding-Hood), 1955 *''Poesía para colorear'' (Poetry for colouring), 1958 *''El burro flautista'' (The flautist donkey), 1958 *''Los dibujos de Leo'' (Leo's drawings), 1959 *''Caballo de manteca'' (Butter Horse), 1960 *''Los poemas'' (The Poems), 1961 *''Cuba de Martí a Fidel Castro'' (Cuba from

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), 1961 *''Mientras el palo va y viene'' (While the pole comes and goes), 1962 *''Poesías costumbristas, humorísticas y festivas'' (Poems of customs, humourist and festival), 1963 *''Pan y circo'' (Bread and Circus), 1965 *''Los humoristas de Caracas'' (The humorists of Caracas), 1966 *''Caracas física y espiritual'' (Caracas - physical and spiritual), 1967 *''Historia de la música contada por un oyente'' (History of music as told by a listener), 1968 *''Humor y amor de Aquiles Nazoa'' (The humour and love of Aquiles Nazoa), 1969 *''Retrato hablado de matapalo'' (Spoken portrait of ''Ficus sp.''),1970 *''Venezuela suya'' (His Venezuela), 1971 *''Los sin cuenta usos de la electricidad'' (The countless uses of electricity), 1973 *''Gusto y regusto de la cocina venezolana'' (Taste and aftertaste of Venezuelan cookery), 1973 *''Vida privada de las muñecas de trapo'' (Private life of the rag dolls), 1975 *''Raúl Santana con un pueblo en el bolsillo'' (Raúl Santana with a town in his pocket), 1976 *''Genial e Ingenioso: La obra literaria y gráfica del gran artista caraqueño Leoncio Martínez'' (Brilliant and Ingenious: The literary and graphical work of the great Caracas artist Leoncio Martinez), 1976 *''Aquiles y la Navidad'' (Aquiles and Christmas), 1976

Notes

#''Aquiles'' is the Spanish name of the Greek hero

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. #''Museo de Bellas Artes'' is the Museum of Fine Arts. #''Morrocoy'' is a common

n species of tortoise. ''Azul'' is blue. #''Fantoches'' are buffoons or puppets. #''Mientras el palo va y viene'' seems figuratively to refer to his time in exile. "While the club swings, the ribs recover".

Trivia

* In 2005 Ildemaro Torres made a biographical book about the life of Aquiles Nazoa, for the ''Biblioteca Biográfica Venezolana'', with the seal of El Nacional.

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El Transeunte Sonreido - Aquiles Nazoa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazoa, Aquiles 1920 births 1976 deaths Writers from Caracas Road incident deaths in Venezuela Venezuelan male poets 20th-century Venezuelan poets 20th-century Venezuelan male writers 20th-century Venezuelan journalists Nazoa family Venezuelan exiles

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