Miguel Otero Silva

Miguel Otero Silva was born on 26 October 1908 in Barcelona, in the state of Anzoátegui. A civil engineering student in Caracas, he took part in the 1928 revolts against Juan Vicente Gómez and then went through long years of exile. In 1943 he became the first editor-in-chief of the daily El Nacional, married the journalist María Teresa Castillo in 1946 and distanced himself from the Communist Party. Imprisoned shortly before the fall of Pérez Jiménez, he was elected senator for the state of Aragua in 1958. He died in Caracas on 28 August 1985.

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• NovelCasas muertasMiguel Otero Silva · 1955not translated into EnglishLiterature