Juan Liscano

Juan Liscano Velutini (7 July 1915 – 17 February 2001) was a Venezuelan poet, folklorist, writer and critic. He was director of Monte Ávila Editores. Major examples of his poetic work are: ''Nuevo mundo Orinoco'' (1959), ''Cármenes'' (1966) and ''Fundaciones'' (1981). Also wrote: ''Panorama de la literatura venezolana actual'' (1973) ''Espiritualidad y literatura: una relación tormentosa'' (1976), ''Los fuegos apagados'' (1990) and ''El origen sigue siendo'' (1991). In 1990, Liscano published a personal Anthology, a route for his poetic trajectory. He won the Venezuelan National Prize for Literature in 1951. Provided by Wikipedia