Oscar Yanes
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Oscar Yanes in 2008
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25 April 1927 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Died | 21 October 2013 (aged 86) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Pen name | Chivo Negro |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer |
| Nationality |
Venezuelan 
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| Genre | Novel, history |
| Subject | History of Venezuela |
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Oscar Armando Yanes González (25 April 1927 in Caracas – 21 October 2013), was a Venezuelan journalist and bestselling author, considered a pioneer in Venezuelan broadcast journalism. He was awarded by three times with the National Prize for Journalism.
Oscar Yanes was famous for his tales about contemporary history in the TV program Así son las Cosas (The way things are). In the late 1940s received the first prize from the Venezuelan Association of Writers for his book Carlos J. Bello, el Sabio Olvidado (Carlos J. Bello, the forgotten wise man). In 1992 won the Silver Book Prize awarded by Planeta Publishing, for the largest book circulation of the year.
Yanes died of complications from prostate cancer on October 21, 2013, age 86.
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