José Antonio Ramos Sucre
José Antonio Ramos Sucre (born June 9, 1890 in Cumaná , † June 13, 1930 in Geneva ) was a Venezuelan poet and diplomat .
Life
Ramos Sucre took Latin lessons as a child . From 1903 he attended the Colegio Nacional de Cumaná , where he a. a. learned french, english, italian and german. In 1911 he continued his studies at the Universidad Central in Caracas . Here he learned other languages such as classical and modern Greek, Danish, Swedish and Dutch. In 1917 he graduated from law school . In 1925 he obtained a doctorate in political science .
During his student days, Ramos Sucre published articles in the magazine Ritmo de Ideas and the newspaper El Tiempo . From 1913 he taught geography and history at the Escuela Nacional de Maestros . Due to his diverse language skills, he worked as a translator for the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry from 1914 . In 1918 he worked for a short time as a judge at a civil court. His first book Trizas de papel was published in 1921, followed by the volume of essays Sobre las huellas de Humboldt in 1923 , La torre de Timón in 1925 and Las formas del fuego and El cielo de esmalte in 1929 .
In 1927 Ramos Sucre was awarded the Orden del Libertador . At the end of 1929 he was appointed Venezuelan consul in Geneva. After a stay at the Hamburg Tropical Institute and the Sanatorio Stephanie in Meran, he came to Geneva, where he committed suicide four days after his fortieth birthday.
In 1956 an edition of his works appeared in the Biblioteca Popular Venezolana series of the Venezuelan Ministry of Education. After further editions (among others with Monte Ávila Editores ) appeared in 1992 in the translation into Portuguese by José Bento and with a foreword by Eugenio Montejo Las formas del fuego under the title As formas do fogo . In 1999, in Mexico, Katyna Henríquez Consalvi selected the Obra Poética collection . The UNESCO is preparing an edition of his complete works.
Works
- Trizas de papel. Imprenta Bolívar, Caracas 1921.
- Sobre las huellas de Humboldt. Tipografía Mercantil, Caracas 1923.
- La torre de timón. Litografía y Tipografía Vargas, Caracas 1925.
- Las formas del fuego. Tipografía Americana, Caracas 1929.
- El cielo de esmalte. Tipografía Americana, Caracas 1929.
- Complete edition
- Obra completa. Ayacucho, Caracas 1980, ISBN 84-660-0045-3 ( PDF ; 12.4 MB).
Web links
- José Antonio Ramos Sucre. Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramos Sucre, José Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan poet and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cumaná |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1930 |
| Place of death | Geneva |