Salvador Garmendia
Writing
June 11, 1928
Died at age 72
May 13, 2001
Date of Death
Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Biography
Salvador Garmendia Graterón (11 June 1928, Barquisimeto – 13 May 2001, Caracas) was a notable Venezuelan author, awarded in 1972 with the National Prize for Literature. In 1989 received the Juan Rulfo Prize for Tan desnuda como una piedra.