Rafael Cadenas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rafael Cadenas

Venezuelan writer

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1930

Place of Birth: Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Venezuela

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Rafael Cadenas (born 8 April 1930 Barquisimeto, Lara) is a Venezuelan poet and essayist. He taught for many years at the Central University of Venezuela..
He received the National Prize for Literature (1985), Guadalajara's International Book Fair prize of literature (Romance languages) (México, 2009) and García Lorca Prize (2015). His most famous poem is "Derrota".