Full Name Helio Vera Books Angola, Helio Vera Role Writer | Name Helio Vera Nationality Paraguayan | |
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Known for Writer, lawyer, journalist Notable work En busca del hueso perdido (Looking for the lost bone)Tratado de paraguayologia (Treaty of Paraguayanology)Voces del Olimpo (Voices of the Olympus) Died March 25, 2008, Asuncion, Paraguay | ||
Homenaje a helio vera
Helio Vera was a Paraguayan writer, lawyer and journalist. He was columnist of the ABC Color Journal of Asunción and published many stories and novels in his entire career.
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- Homenaje a helio vera
- Agudas observaciones de helio vera en libro postumo
- His life
- Awards
- Last days
- References
Agudas observaciones de helio vera en libro postumo
His life
Helio Vera worked as a reporter in the first years of ABC Color and after working on other media he reincorporated as columnist and editorialist. His first attempt in the literary world was in the 1980s with essays and criticism and hilarious stories about the Paraguayan culture. He earned a well-disserved prestige by his talent and his distinctive style. In his work he used a direct language and was distinguished with many awards as the "El Lector" Prize to the best literary work in 1984 for "Angola y otros Cuentos" (Angola and other stories); the first place in the 5th Centenary Essay Contest in 1988 organized by the Ibero-American Cooperation Institute and the Embassy of Spain, for the Essay "Teoría y Práctica de la Paraguayología" (Theory and Practice of the Paraguayanology); and the first prize in the "Néstor Romero Valdovinos" Story Contest in 1992.
He was an active member of the Revolutionary Febrerista Party, full member of the International Socialist, even his grave had the flag of his party on top. His picture also is in the gallery of illustrate Februarists in the Martyrs of the Februarism Hall.
Awards
Last days
He died on March 25, 2008 in the Santa Clara Clinic of Asunción where he was interned after being operated for a cerebral emboli that he suffered that month. His situation complicated because of an arritmia, the diabetes and arterial hypertension.