Carlos Henríquez Consalvi

Carlos Henríquez Consalvi, alias Santiago is a Venezuelan author, journalist, radio producer and museum director.

Life

Youth and study Consalvi was born in Mérida in 1947. His parents were opponents of the Venezuelan dictatorship, which caused that part of his youth he grew up in Mexico and Costa Rica. In 1958, after the end of this era, the family returned to its home country.

He studied journalism at the Central University of Venezuela. After an earthquake in 1972 devastated Managua in Nicaragua greatly, Consalvi traveled with a group of young people to the Nicaraguan capital to help the victims there.

Realizing the importance of the memory of cultural history for the reconstruction of a society, in 1996 he founded the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen. The museum opened its doors in 1999 and preserves a unique collection of films, photographs, writings and objects on the culture and history of El Salvador. With the museum he holds the objective to promote human rights, social justice and peace.

In 2008 Consalvi was honored with a Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands. The jury rewarded him "for his outstanding work as a broadcaster, for creating spaces of freedom, and for his commitment to the promotion of memory and its active role in the reconstruction of Salvadoran society."

Expositions La Huella de la memoria Roque Dalton: La palabra del volcán Kabrakan, la furia de los Dioses El Legado de Salarrué Prudencia Ayala, la lucha por los derechos femeninos De la Guerra a la Paz El Mozote, nunca más Memoria de los Izalcos Patria Peregrina, Vida y Obra de Pedro Geoffray Rivas "1932, insurrección en la oscuridad" " Nuestras voces" "Mujer, la desnudez de mi lenguaje" "Trémula tierra"