About Rafael María Baralt
Lived 1810 – 1860 (aged 49). Rafael María Baralt was a Venezuelan and Spanish writer, literary critic, journalist, poet, philologist and diplomat.
Rafael María Baralt y Pérez (3 July 1810 - 4 January 1860) was a Venezuelan diplomat and one of the country's most famed writers, philologists, and historians. He was the first Latin American to occupy a chair at the Real Academia Española.
Life Born in Maracaibo on 3 July 1810, he was the son of Miguel Antonio Baralt, who helped build the Baralt Theater in Maracaibo, and Ana Francisca Pérez, who was Dominican.
Baralt was elected to seat R of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat on 27 November 1853.
He suffered an untimely death in Madrid on 4 January 1860 due to the stresses and aggravations suffered during services rendered to his beloved country of birth. He is buried in the National Pantheon of Venezuela.
Books Resumen de la Historia de Venezuela (1840) Adiós a la Patria (1842).
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Who was Rafael María Baralt?
Venezuelan writer (1810–1860)
When was Rafael María Baralt born?
Rafael María Baralt was born on 3 July 1810 in Maracaibo.
When did Rafael María Baralt die?
Rafael María Baralt died on 2 January 1860 in Madrid.
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Rafael María Baralt was a writer, literary critic, journalist, poet, philologist and diplomat.
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Rafael María Baralt was Venezuelan and Spanish.
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