Augusto Mijares
Salvador Augusto Mijares Izquierdo (12 November 1897 – 29 June 1979), was a Venezuelan lawyer, historian, writer, educator and journalist. He is best known for El Libertador, his biography of Simón Bolívar. He was a member of the Venezuelan Academy of History (1947), the National Academy of Political Science (1960) and the Venezuelan Academy of Language (1971). Bibliography 1927 La patria de los venezolanos en 1750 1938 La interpretación pesimista de la sociología hispanoamericana 1940 Hombres e ideas de América 1943 Educación 1955 La luz y el espejo 1961 Ideología de la Revolución Emancipadora 1963 Lo afirmativo venezolano 1964 El Libertador (biography of Simón Bolívar) 1967 La evolución política de Venezuela 1971 Longitud y latitud Mijares's other works include biographies of Simón Rodríguez, Fermín Toro, Rafael María Baralt and José Rafael Revenga. References Further reading Simón Alberto Consalvi / Academia Nacional de la Historia (2003), Augusto Mijares: El pensador y su tiempo 1897 births 1979 deaths Venezuelan schoolteachers 20th-century Venezuelan lawyers Venezuelan male writers 20th-century Venezuelan historians Central University of Venezuela alumni Ambassadors of Venezuela to Spain Members of the Venezuelan Academy of Language 20th-century male writers Education ministers of Venezuela