Of the two, Rómulo Gallegos or Marianne Moore, who wasn't an elected novelist but a poet?
Rómulo Gallegos: Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. Marianne Moore: Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor.
Marianne Craig Moore