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.[1] 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).

Augusto Mijares
Minister of Education of Venezuela
In office
1949–1950
PresidentCarlos Delgado Chalbaud
Ambassador to Spain
In office
1950–1953
Succeeded bySimón Becerra
Personal details
Born(1897-11-12)12 November 1897
Villa de Cura, Aragua
Died29 June 1979(1979-06-29) (aged 81)
Caracas, Venezuela
SpouseMatilde Felce Cottin
Professionwriter, historian, schoolteacher, lawyer
Signature

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
  1. El Nacional (2002), Rostros y personajes de Venezuela (in Spanish)

Further reading
  • Simón Alberto Consalvi / Academia Nacional de la Historia (2003), Augusto Mijares: El pensador y su tiempo (in Spanish)
  • Efemérides venezolanas. "Augusto Mijares". Retrieved 24 January 2010. (in Spanish)
  • Fundación *José Guillermo Carrillo. "Augusto Mijares". Retrieved 24 January 2010. (in Spanish)
  • Venezuela Virtual. "Personajes Ilustres: Augusto Mijares". Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010. (in Spanish)
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