Rómulo Gallegos
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 2, 1884
Day of Death: April 4, 1969 (85 years old)
Place of Birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of nine months during 1948, he governed as the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. Gallegos is considered the most relevant Venezuelan novelist of the 20th century, and a prominent figure in Latin American literature.
