Rufino Blanco Fombona

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Fombona.

Rufino Blanco Fombona
Photograph by Kaulak (before 1915)
Born(1874-06-17)17 June 1874
Caracas, Venezuela
Died16 October 1944(1944-10-16) (aged 70)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944) was a Venezuelan literary historian and man of letters who played a major role in bringing the works of Latin American writers to world attention. He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.

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