Pedro Sotillo

Background

Pedro Sotillo was born in San José de Unare, Guárico, Venezuela, in 1902.

Career

In 1928, Sotillo and several other young writers, including Arturo Úslar Pietri, Miguel Otero Silva, Nelson Himiob, Juan Oropeza, Fernando Paz Castillo, Gonzalo Carnevalli, among others, founded the literary magazine válvula. válvula was considered the official voice of the Venezuelan vanguardistas. Later, in 1939, he published his first work, Andanzas. Other works would follow suit, Louisiana Calle y Los Caminos in 1951, and Caminos nocturnos, in 1956.

Pedro Sotillo occupied several political posts during the 1940s, including Secretary of Government, governor of the state of Guárico, and as a Venezuelan congressman.

Pedro Sotillo died in Caracas in 1977.

Achievements

• He was a distinguished member of the Generation of 1928 and co-founder of several well-known magazines such as El Ingenioso Hidalgo and válvula.

Connections

Friend:

Ricardo Domínguez Urbano-Taylor