José Agustín Catalá

José Agustín Catalá Delgado (11 February 1915, Guanare[1] - 18 December 2011[2]) was a Venezuelan journalist and author. He was best known for his work on the 1948-58 dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, during which he spent three years in prison. He had previously been imprisoned for four months in 1934, for publication of a poem, under Juan Vicente Gomez.[3] Under Pérez Jiménez, Catalá's company Editorial Ávila Gráfica printed the clandestine Democratic Action's materials, such as newspapers and manifestos.[4] Catalá was arrested following the publication in 1952 of Venezuela bajo el signo del terror, 1948-1952.

He received Chile's Order of Bernardo O'Higgins in 1996 for his work on Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.[2]

A biography, José Agustín Catalá, una manera de ser hombre: libro homenaje a sus 70 años was published in 1985 by Ramón José Velásquez.

Selected Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Leonardo Favio Oliveros, Diario Avance, 19 December 2011, Murió José Agustín Catalá, uno de la más importantes editores venezolanos
  2. 1 2 (Spanish) Globovision, 18 December 2011, Falleció el editor José Agustín Catalá a los 97 años
  3. ↑ (Spanish) Julio Rafael Silva Sánchez, José Agustín Catalá / Capitán del desolvido
  4. ↑ Ameringer, Charles D. (1979), "Leonardo Ruiz Pineda: Leader of the Venezuelan Resistance, 1949-1952", Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2 (May, 1979), pp. 209-232
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