Salvador Augusto Mijares Izquierdo (12 November 1897 â 29 June 1979), was a Venezuelan lawyer, historian, writer, educator and journalist. He is best known for El Libertador, his biography of Simón BolÃÂvar. 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).
Bibliography
- 1927 La patria de los venezolanos en 1750
- 1938 La interpretación pesimista de la sociologÃÂa hispanoamericana
- 1940 Hombres e ideas de América
- 1943 Educación
- 1955 La luz y el espejo
- 1961 IdeologÃÂa de la Revolución Emancipadora
- 1963 Lo afirmativo venezolano
- 1964 El Libertador (biography of Simón BolÃÂvar)
- 1967 La evolución polÃÂtica de Venezuela
- 1971 Longitud y latitud
Mijares's other works include biographies of Simón RodrÃÂguez, FermÃÂn Toro, Rafael MarÃÂa Baralt and José Rafael Revenga.
References
Further reading
- Simón Alberto Consalvi / Academia Nacional de la Historia (2003), Augusto Mijares: El pensador y su tiempo