Augusto Mijares
Augusto Mijares | |
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| Minister of Education of Venezuela | |
| In office 1949–1950 | |
| President | Carlos Delgado Chalbaud |
| Ambassador to Spain | |
| In office 1950–1953 | |
| Succeeded by | Simón Becerra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1897 Villa de Cura, Aragua |
| Died | 29 June 1979 (aged 81) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Spouse | Matilde Felce Cottin |
| Profession | writer, historian, schoolteacher, lawyer |
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Salvador Augusto Mijares Izquierdo (12 November 1897 – 29 June 1979), was a Venezuelan lawyer, historian, writer, educator and journalist. He is best known for El Libertador, his biography of Simón Bolívar.[1] He was a member of the Venezuelan Academy of History (1947), the National Academy of Political Science (1960) and the Venezuelan Academy of Language (1971).
Bibliography
- 1927 La patria de los venezolanos en 1750
- 1938 La interpretación pesimista de la sociología hispanoamericana
- 1940 Hombres e ideas de América
- 1943 Educación
- 1955 La luz y el espejo
- 1961 Ideología de la Revolución Emancipadora
- 1963 Lo afirmativo venezolano
- 1964 El Libertador (biography of Simón Bolívar)
- 1967 La evolución política de Venezuela
- 1971 Longitud y latitud
Mijares's other works include biographies of Simón Rodríguez, Fermín Toro, Rafael María Baralt and José Rafael Revenga.
References
- ^ El Nacional (2002), Rostros y personajes de Venezuela (in Spanish)
Further reading
- Simón Alberto Consalvi / Academia Nacional de la Historia (2003), Augusto Mijares: El pensador y su tiempo (in Spanish)
- Efemérides venezolanas. "Augusto Mijares". Retrieved 24 January 2010. (in Spanish)
- Fundación *José Guillermo Carrillo. "Augusto Mijares". Retrieved 24 January 2010. (in Spanish)
- Venezuela Virtual. "Personajes Ilustres: Augusto Mijares". Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010. (in Spanish)