Andrés Mata

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Andrés Mata (* 1870 in Carúpano , † 1931 in Paris ) was a Venezuelan poet , writer and journalist .

Life

Andrés Mata is valued as a modernist poet who did not give up Romanticism entirely. Andrés Mata and Luis Teófilo Núñez Gómez founded the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal on April 1, 1909 .

Works

  • Pentélicas (1896)
  • Idilio Trágico (1898, German: tragic romance )
  • Arias Sentimentales (1898, German: Sentimental Arias )

Trivia

  • His grandson, Andrés Mata Osorio , is the current publisher of El Universal newspaper .
  • “Fundación Andrés Mata” is the name of a foundation run by the El Universal newspaper.