Mario Augusto Rodríguez

Mario Augusto Rodríguez Vélez was born on 12 September 1917 in Santiago de Veraguas. Graduating top of the first class of the teacher-training college of his town in 1939, he studied Spanish at the University of Panama, journalism at the Central University of Quito and Hispanic letters at the Institute of Hispanic Culture in Madrid. A journalist, he was a correspondent, editor and director of several daily newspapers, and edited the magazine Lotería. He also wrote for the theatre and published poems and essays. He died in Panama in January 2009.

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• Short storiesLuna en VeraguasMario Augusto Rodríguez · 1948not translated into EnglishLiterature