Arturo Uslar Pietri

Arturo Uslar Pietri photographed by Alejandro Toro Camacho
Born:	May 16, 1906 Caracas
Died:	February 26, 2001, aged 94 Caracas
Occupation:	novelist, writer
Nationality:	Venezuelan
Writing period:	1931-2001

Arturo Uslar Pietri (May 16, 1906 – February 26, 2001) Was one of the most prominent Venezuelan figures of the twentieth century. He was a writer and an intellectual, who made important contributions as an educator, journalist, diplomat, politician and government official. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 388 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1267 × 1955 pixel, file size: 138 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Arturo Uslar Pietri. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: La Sultana del Avila (English:The Avilas Sultan) La Sucursal del paraiso Motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: La Sultana del Avila (English:The Avilas Sultan) La Sucursal del paraiso Motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Life and career

Born in Caracas, Uslar Pietri was raised partly there and partly in Maracay (State of Aragua) where he published several short stories in youth magazines. He studied Political Science in the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas and shortly after moved to Paris as a member of the Venezuelan diplomatic delegation there. In Paris he met many Latin American writers and became a good friend of Alejo Carpentier and Miguel Ángel Asturias. One of his most celebrated books was written during his stay in France. In 1931 he published Las Lanzas Coloradas a historical novel set in revolutionary Venezuela. Nickname: La Sultana del Avila (English:The Avilas Sultan) La Sucursal del paraiso Motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... Maracay is in central Venezuela and is the capital and most important city of the Aragua State. ... Estado Aragua is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... Universidad Central de Venezuela The Central University of Venezuela (or Universidad Central de Venezuela in Spanish) is a premier public university of Venezuela and is located in Caracas. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essay writer, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous boom period. ... Miguel Ángel Asturias (October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

When the 27 year long dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez ended with the Dictator's death in 1935, Uslar Pietri became very active in the political debate, writing opinion articles in the local press. One of those articles, published on July 14, 1936 included a phrase that is still remembered and has both become an inspiration and a recrimination of Venezuela's fate as an oil producer and exporter. The title of that article was Sembrar el petróleo (to sow or plant oil) a metaphor he created to encourage Venezuelan leaders to invest oil wealth on sustainable growth. Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a dictator. ... Juan Vicente Gómez. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Countries producing oil This is a list of states that extract crude oil from oil wells. ... Sustainability is an attempt to provide the best outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future. ...

In 1939, at the age of 33 he married Isabel Braun Kerdel with whom he had two sons, Arturo (deceased) and Federico Uslar Braun. That same year he became Minister of Education. Founded a political party Partido Democrático Venezolano and joined the Legislative Assembly as a Deputy in 1944. In 1945 he had been appointed Minister of the Interior. Political turmoil forced him to leave the country and move to New York in 1948 to come back two years later and resume his political activities as a Senator. During his stay in New York he taught at Columbia University. In 1963 he ran for the Venezuelan Presidency as a third party candidate but was defeated by Raúl Leoni. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... Venezuelan Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Democrático Venezolano, PDV) was a political party in Venezuela. ... Chamber of Deputies is the name given to a legislative body, which may either be the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or the name of a unicameral one. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... NY redirects here. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... List of Presidents of Venezuela José Antonio Páez (1830-1835) José María Vargas (1835-1837) Carlos Soublette (1837-1839) José Antonio Páez (1839-1843) Carlos Soublette (1843-1847) José Tadeo Monagas (1847-1851) José Gregorio Monagas (1851-1855) José Tadeo Monagas (1855-1858) Julián Castro (1858... Raúl Leoni Otero (April 24, 1905 - July 5, 1972) was President of Venezuela from 1963 until 1968. ...

After this defeat, he stayed active in politics as a Senator but gradually distanced himself from the political fray. He became Director of the Caracas news daily El Nacional from 1969 to 1974, when he traveled to Paris as Venezuelan Ambassador at UNESCO. On his return in 1979, he concentrated on writing and education. He became a familiar face on television on a weekly educational show called Valores Humanos, a show focusing on history and the arts that started in 1953. El Nacional is a Venezuelan publishing company under the name C.A. Editorial El Nacional that is most widely known for its El Nacional newspaper. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Arturo Uslar Pietri died in Caracas on February 26, 2001 at the age of 94. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Awards

• El Nacional Best Short Story Award (1949)
• National Literature Award (1952, (1982)
• National Journalism Award (1971)
• The Miguel de Cervantes Hispanic-American Journalism Award (1972)
• Prince of Asturias Award (1990)
• Légion d'honneur Grand-Croix (Grand Cross) (1990)
• Rómulo Gallegos Prize for Best Novel (1991)

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Works

Novels

Arturo Uslar Pietri talks about the impact that the French Revolution had on Latin American politics at the Palace of Versailles in 1989

• (1931) Las Lanzas coloradas.
• (1947) El camino de El Dorado.
• (1962) Un retrato en la geografía.
• (1964) Estación de máscaras.
• (1976) Oficio de difuntos.
• (1981) La isla de Robinsón
• (1990) La visita en el tiempo.

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Essays

• (1945) Las visiones del camino.
• (1945) Sumario de economía venezolana para alivio de estudiantes.
• (1948) Letras y hombres de Venezuela.
• (1949) De una a otra Venezuela.
• (1949) Treinta hombres y sus sombras.
• (1951) Las nubes.
• (1952) Apuntes para retratos.
• (1953) Tierra venezolana.
• (1954) Tiempo de contar.
• (1955) Pizarrón.
• (1955-56-58) Valores humanos.
• (1955) Breve historia de la novela hispanoamericana.
• (1958) Letras y hombres de Venezuela.
• (1959) Materiales para la construcción de Venezuela.
• (1962) Del hacer y deshacer de Venezuela.
• (1964) Valores humanos. Biografías y evocaciones.
• (1964) La palabra compartida. Discursos en el Parlamento (1959-1963).
• (1965) Hacia el humanismo democrático.
• (1966) Petróleo de vida o muerte.
• (1967) Oraciones para despertar.
• (1968) Las vacas gordas y las vacas flacas.
• (1969) En busca del nuevo mundo.
• (1971) Vista desde un punto.
• (1972) Bolivariana.
• (1974) La otra América.
• (1975) Camino de cuento.
• (1975) Viva voz.
• (1979) Fantasmas de dos mundos.
• (1981) Cuéntame a Venezuela.
• (1981) Educar para Venezuela.
• (1982) Fachas, fechas y fichas.
• (1983) Bolívar hoy.
• (1984) Venezuela en el petróleo.
• (1986) Medio milenio de Venezuela.
• (1986) Raíces venezolanas.
• (1986) Bello el venezolano.
• (1986) Godos, insurgentes y visionarios.
• (1990) La creación del Nuevo Mundo.
• (1992) Golpe y Estado en Venezuela.
• (1994) Del cerro de plata al camino extraviado.

Short stories

• (1928) Barrabas y otros relatos.
• (1936) Red.
• (1946) Pasos y pasajeros.
• (1949) Treinta hombres y sus sombras
• (1967) La lluvia y otros cuentos.
• (1980) Los Ganadores

Poetry

• (1973) Manoa: 1932-1972.
• (1986) El hombre que voy siendo.

Theater

• (1958) El día de Antero Alban. La Tebaida. El Dios invisible. La fuga de Miranda.
• (1960) Chuo Gil y las tejedoras. Drama en un preludio y siete tiempos.

Travel

• (1954) El otoño en Europa.
• (1960) La ciudad de nadie. El otoño en Europa. Un turista en el cercano oriente.
• (1971) La vuelta al mundo en diez trancos.
• (1975) El globo de colores.

External links

• (Spanish) Uslar Pietri at Cervantes Virtual
• (Spanish) Sembrar el Petróleo, 1936
• (Spanish) Essays by and about Uslar Pietri