Salvador Garmendia Graterón (11 June 1928, Barquisimeto – 13 May 2001, Caracas) was a notable Venezuelan author, awarded in 1972 with the National Prize for Literature. In 1989 received the Juan Rulfo Prize for Tan desnuda como una piedra.
An intimate look at the Venezuelan intellectual Rómulo Gallegos through photographs, footage and testimonies from people who knew him as an educationalist, politician and novelist.
Release Date: 2000-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Aunque me Cueste la Vida is a 1998 Venezuelan telenovela produced by Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by José Simón Escalona, Salvador Garmendia, and Martin Hahn and directed by Olegario Barrera. This telenovela runs 126 episodes and is distributed internationally by RCTV International.
Release Date: 1998-07-22
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Release Date: 1997-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
El Desafio is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. Martin Hahn and Salvador Garmendia were the telenovela's writers, Salvador Garmendia was also in charge of dramatics, Carlos Lamus was its executive producer, Renato Gutierrez was its director, and Hernando Faria was the producer. This telenovela lasted 113 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.
Release Date: 1995-05-29
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Release Date: 1992-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
In César Miguel Rondón's adaptation, a different origin story is presented. The fisherman Ismael (Félix Loreto) is unfaithful to his wife Cayita (Ana Karina) with a witch, Carmelina (Ileana Aloma). She swears revenge when she sees Ismael return to Cayita's arms and casts a curse that will cause the fisherman's death, setting his house on fire. Faced with the tragic event, Cayita, frightened, screams and begs the townspeople for help to save her son, who was inside the house when the fire started. Cayita's son dies alongside Ismael. It is then that she, crazed with grief, cries out for her son for eternity.
Release Date: 1991-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
Victor, a family man, becomes romantically involved with Rosario, a young newly arrived prostitute from the city of Maracaibo. His obsessive love and the desire to share his life with this woman, will lead him to despair.
Release Date: 1983-10-26
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 1
A Marian devotion is born when a Venezuelan woman finds an image and people come to the protection of the Virgin during a plague.
Release Date: 1983-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Bittersweet comedy by Cesar Bolivar about a quiet and humble villager who becomes a faith healer.
Release Date: 1979-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Release Date: 1977-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vidal Rojas, an opponent of the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez, after failing in a subversive attempt and suffering a romantic disappointment, decides to enlist in the revolutionary groups in the interior of the country.
Release Date: 1976-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Tragedy, intrigue, and even love will stand in the way of Cristina González's dreams, a young woman who aspires to become a renowned fashion designer. On her first day at work, Cristina meets Gustavo Espinoza, and a powerful attraction develops between them. But this seemingly promising day turns into disaster, as Cristina is abruptly fired by Gustavo's girlfriend, and even worse, her mother dies in a car accident. Cristina vows to bring justice to the driver who recklessly took her mother's life, unaware that he is the man now trying to win her over. Gustavo uses his financial power to avoid being accused of murder, while her family uses tricks to obtain the "Pensión Amalia," where Cristina lives.
Department: Writing
Job: Writer