Óscar Sambrano Urdaneta

Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta
Born(1929-02-06)6 February 1929
Boconó, Trujillo state
Died14 June 2011(2011-06-14) (aged 82)
OccupationWriter, literary critic, essayist
NationalityVenezuelan
GenreLiterary criticism, essay
SubjectLiterature, Life and work of Andrés Bello
Notable worksDel ser y del quehacer de Julio Garmendia
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Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta (6 February 1929 – 14 June 2011) was a Venezuelan writer, essayist and literary critic, specialized in the life and work of Andrés Bello. In 1978, he won the Municipal Prize of Literature for the work Poesía contemporánea de Venezuela. He served as the president of the Venezuelan Academy of Language, is an honorary member of the Caro y Cuervo Institute, and was president of the National Council of Culture (CONAC) in the late 1990s. He also has hosted the television show Valores (Values).