José Rafael Pocaterra

José Rafael Pocaterra (18 December 1889 – 18 April 1955) was a Venezuelan writer, journalist and politician.

Career He was imprisoned in 1907 to 1908 for his work on the opposition newspaper Caín, and again from 1919 to 1922 after participating in Luis Rafael Pimentel's attempt to overthrow the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez. Later he participated in Román Delgado Chalbaud's ill-fated 1929 Falke expedition aimed at over-throwing Juan Vicente Gómez.

He was a contributor to El Heraldo de Cuba, amongst other publications.

Books Novels Política feminista: o, El doctor Bebé (1910) Vidas oscuras (1912) Tierra del sol amada (1917) La casa de los Ábila (1946)

Other Memorias de un venezolano de la decadencia (1927, historical) Cuentos grotescos (1922, short stories)

Books by others Cartas a José Rafael Pocaterra (1889–1955) (2007, collection of letters to Pocaterra). Editorial El Perro y la Rana. José Rafael Pocaterra (1889–1955) (2009, by Simón Alberto Consalvi). Editora El Nacional.