Andrés Mata
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Andrés Mata (1870 - 1931) was a Venezuelan poet, writer and journalist.
[edit] Life
Andrés Mata was born in Carúpano, Venezuela, in 1870. He is considered a poet of modernist trend, who did not resign to Romanticism completely. Andrés Mata and Luis Teófilo Núñez Gómez founded the newspaper El Universal on April 1, 1909. Andrés Mata died in Paris, France, in 1931.
[edit] Notable Works
- Pentélicas (1896)
- Idilio Trágico (1898, English: Tragic Love Affair)
- Arias Sentimentales (1898, English: Sentimental Arias)
[edit] Trivia
- His grandson, Andrés Mata Osorio, is the current publisher of El Universal.
- Fundación Andrés Mata is a Venezuelan foundation belonging to the El Universal that is named after Andrés Mata.
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