This is a list in alphabetical order of Venezuelan literary figures and their most representative works, including poets, novelists, historians, essayists, and scholars.
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Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (1921–1990) historian, author of "El osario de Dios" (1967). Laura Antillano (born 1950), writer, author of "Dime si adentro de ti, no oyes tu corazón partir" (1983 and 1992), "La luna no es pan de horno y otros cuentos" (2005). José Antonio de Armas Chitty (1908–1995) historian, author of "Zaraza, Biografía de un Pueblo", "Caracas habla en Documentos". Rafael Arráiz Lucca (born 1959) historian, essayist, poet and journalist, author of "Venezuela en cuatro asaltos" (1993), "El recuerdo de Venecia y otros ensayos" (1999) and "Venezuela: 1830 a nuestros días" (2007). Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva (1886–1962) poet, author of "Voz asilada" (1939). Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (1905–1971) poet, author of "Cantas" (1938) and "Glosas del cancionero" (1950). Michaelle Ascencio (1943-2014), writer and anthropologist, author of "Amargo y dulzón" (2002), "Mundo, Demonio y Carne" (2015). Rafael María Baralt (1810–1860) diplomat, writer and historian, author of "Resumen de la Historia de Venezuela" (1840) and "Adiós a la Patria" (1842). Alberto Barrera Tyszka (born 1960) novelist, poet, screenwriter, author of the novel "La enfermedad" (2006), awarded with the Herralde Prize, and "Patria or Muerte" (2015). Natividad Barroso (born 1937) writer and ethnologist Andrés Bello (1781–1865) humanist, poet, philosopher and educator, author of "Calendario manual y guía de forasteros" (1810), "Alocución a la poesía" (1823) and "Silva a la agricultura de la zona tórrida" (1826). Krina Ber (born 1948), writer, author of La Hora Perdida (2015, Ficciones asesinas (2020). Rómulo Betancourt (1908–1981) politician, journalist and essayist, author of "Venezuela: política y petróleo" (1956). Andrés Eloy Blanco (1897–1955) politician and poet, author of "Liberación y siembra" (1938) "Giraluna" (1955) and "La Juanbimbada" (1959). Eduardo Blanco (1840–1903) novelist and historian, author of "Venezuela Heróica" and "Zárate" (1882). Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944) historian, author of "El hombre de hierro" (1907), "El hombre de oro" (1915) and "Mocedades de Bolívar" (1939). Mario Briceño Iragorry (1897–1958) essayist and historian, author of "El caballero de Ledesma" (1951), "Mensaje sin Destino" (1952). Carlos Brandt (1875–1964) Federico Brito Figueroa (1921–2000) historian, author of "La estructura económica de Venezuela colonial" (1978) and "Tiempo de Ezequiel Zamora" (1981). Luis Britto García (born 1941) essayist, author of "Rajatabla" (1970) and "Abrapalabra" (1980).
