Fernando Báez

Who is Fernando Báez?

Fernando Báez is a Venezuelan writer, poet and essayist. He is known for his work on the destruction of Iraqi books and art caused by the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Báez has a degree in education and a docorate in library science and worked for several years at the University of the Andes in Mérida.

Among his works are Historia Universal de la Destrucción de Libros, Historia de la Antigua Biblioteca de Alejandría, La Destrucción Cultural de Iraq. He published his first novel, El Traductor de Cambridge, in 2005. Báez has also translated ancient Greek texts, specifically Los Fragmentos de Aristóteles and La Poética de Aristóteles.

He was declared a persona non-grata by the United States authorities, after the publication of his book on Iraq.