caption death_date death_place pseudonym birth_place subject imagesize nationality birth_date signature genre image article_title name occupation
oscar yanes in 2008 21 october 2013 caracas , venezuela chivo negro caracas , venezuela history of venezuela 200px venezuelan venezuela 25 april 1927 oscar yanes signature.jpg novel , history oscar yanes photo.jpg oscar yanes
 oscar yanes journalist , writer
oscar yanes

oscar armando yanes gonzález -lrb- 25 april 1927 in caracas -- 21 october 2013 -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- the way things are -rrb- .
in the late 1940s received the first prize from the venezuelan association of writers for his book `` carlos j. bello , el sabio olvidado '' -lrb- carlos j. bello , the forgotten wise man -rrb- .
in 1992 won the silver book prize awarded by planeta publishing , for the largest book circulation of the year .
