Pedro Sotillo

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Pedro Sotillo (1902–1977) was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, and poet. He was a distinguished member of the Generation of 1928 and co-founder of several well-known magazines such as and .

Early life[]

Pedro Sotillo was born in , Guárico, Venezuela, in 1902. In 1928, Sotillo and several other young writers, including Arturo Úslar Pietri, Miguel Otero Silva, , Juan Oropeza, Fernando Paz Castillo, , among others, founded the literary magazine considered the official voice of the Venezuelan vanguardistas.

Journalist work[]

In 1935, Pedro Sotillo founded another magazine, , along with his friends Arturo Úslar Pietri, Julián Padrón, and . Later, in 1939, he published his first work, Andanzas. Other works would follow suit, La Calle y Los Caminos in 1951, and Caminos nocturnos, in 1956.

During the 1940s, Pedro Sotillo worked as director of El Nacional, which today is one of Venezuela's largest newspapers, and that was founded by his friend, novelist Miguel Otero Silva. He also worked for , a very important newspaper in Venezuela during the 1940s and 1950s, owned by his very close friend Ricardo Domínguez Urbano-Taylor.

Last years[]

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.

See also[]

• Arturo Úslar Pietri
• Miguel Otero Silva

External links[]

• (in Spanish)"Las didascalias como discurso clarificador en La Llave de Arturo Úsla Pietri" by Hans Velásquez B., Dramateatro Revista Digital, retrieved November 3, 2005.
• (in Spanish)"Mi primer libro" by Arturo Úslar Pietri, Ficción Breve Venezolana, retrieved November 3, 2005.