Andrés Eloy Blanco

Who was Andrés Eloy Blanco?

Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño was an important Venezuelan poet, politician, member of the Generación del 28, and one of the founders of Acción Democrática.

Blanco´s family settled on where he lived part of his childhood. Until he moved to Caracas to attend classes at Universidad Central de Venezuela.

He earned his first award in 1918 by writing the pastoral poem Canto a la Espiga y al Arado, and released his first drama play, El Huerto de la Epopeya. That year he was put in jail by protesting against the government.

In 1923 got his first prize at the Juegos Florales in Santander, Cantabria, Spain with the poem Canto a España. He traveled to Spain to receive the reward and stayed there for more than a year.

Several Venezuelan municipalities are named in his honor.