Aquiles Nazoa: Integrating humor and culture (+Christmas)
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Published at: 17/05/2024 09:00 AM
The Venezuelan playwright, writer, journalist and comedian Aquiles
Nazoa was born on May 17, 1920 in the Caracas neighborhood of El
Guarataro, in the “Cola de Pato” sector. Son of Rafael Nazoa and Micaela
González and brother of fellow poet Aníbal Nazoa.
Nazoa is known for his great
works and for his television space “The Simplest Things”.
This distinguished writer spoke on an infinite number of subjects, where
anything, the simplest, could become an object of reflection and
trigger a discourse about its properties, its history, or the
anecdotes surrounding the practices in which the situation was involved.
His beginnings as an apprentice carpenter, winemaker and bellboy in
a Caracas hotel influenced the humble personality that characterized him
for years, as well as his pure nationalism, which he made clear in every poem written with words born of Venezuelan jargon.
Among his works dedicated to children are The Drowned
Wasp, The Flute Donkey and Butter Horse,
through which the poet argued that writers underestimated
children by writing to them in a different way, so
he repeatedly expressed that poetry was one and should be understood and enjoyed by all children equally.
At the time of his death, on April 25, 1976, the illustrious poet
was writing three books: Navigators of Colors, Genius and
Ingenious and a collection of lyrical poetry, entitled Friends,
Gardens and Memories; which were finished by writers close
to him, in posthumous homage to his sudden departure.
A brief journey through the life of the poet Achilles Nazoa
His works express the values of
Venezuelan popular culture.
After doing several jobs, he began working for the newspaper
El Universal as a packer. Later he was a proofreader and at
the same time he began to study French and English, which allowed him to be a tourist guide
at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Nazoa won the National
Journalism Award for the specialty of humorous and costume writers in 1948.
In 1967, he also received the Municipal Prize for Literature of the Federal
District, Award for the best published book.
On April 25, 1976, he died in a traffic accident on
the Caracas - Valencia highway.
Mazo News Team