Palacios, Lucila (1902–1994)
Palacios, Lucila (1902–1994)
Venezuelan novelist, playwright, short-story writer and diplomat. Name variations: Mercedes Carvajal de Arocha; was known as Lucila Palacios from 1931 on. Born Mercedes Carvajal de Arocha, Nov 8, 1902, in Trinidad; died Aug 31, 1994, in Caracas, Venezuela; dau. of Francisco Carvajal and Anita Montes.
Served in National Assembly and as senator; appointed ambassador to Uruguay (1963); works include Desatemos el nudo (1935), Rebeldia (1940), La gran serpiente (1943), El córcel de las crines albas (1950), El mundo en miniatura (1955), El día de Cain (1958), Poemas de noche y de silencio (1964), and La piedra en el vacío (1970).
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