Julio Vega Batlle (May 6, 1899 – April 23, 1973) was a Dominican writer, publishing both plays and novels, and a diplomat. He was born in

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, and graduated from the

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. He became a judge, and served as a diplomat for the Dominican Republic on missions to

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, England;

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. He married Teresa de Boyrie de Moya, daughter of Louis Emile de Boyrie Pillot (of French origin) and Mercedes Antonia de Moya y Moya (from an upper-class Dominican family); they begat three sons: Wenceslao Nicolás, Bernardo, and Luis Eduardo “Eddy”.

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1899 births 1973 deaths Dominican Republic novelists Male novelists Dominican Republic diplomats People from Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic dramatists and playwrights Male dramatists and playwrights Dominican Republic people of Catalan descent Dominican Republic people of French descent Dominican Republic people of Italian descent 20th-century novelists 20th-century dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Dominican Republic male writers White Dominicans {{DominicanRepublic-diplomat-stub

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