Salvador Garmendia
Known for
Writing
Life
1928 – 2001 (aged 72)
Born in
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.