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rafael fair '' , april , 2009 arráiz lucca at the '' chacao 's book caracas , venezuela venezuelan 3 january 1959 poetry , history , essay rafael arráiz lucca.jpg rafael arráiz lucca
 rafael arráiz lucca historian , poet , professor , and writer .
rafael arráiz lucca

rafael arráiz lucca , -lrb- born 3 january 1959 , caracas , venezuela -rrb- is a venezuelan essayist , poet , historian and professor .
arraiz lucca is professor in the metropolitan university of caracas -lrb- unimet -rrb- .
since 2001 , has been in charge of the `` fundación para la cultura urbana '' -lrb- foundation for urban culture -rrb- , in caracas .
became a lawyer in 1983 at the andrés bello catholic university -lrb- ucab -rrb- , specialist in integrated communications in 2002 -lrb- unimet -rrb- , in 2005 finished a mastership in history at the ucab .
has written many poem books including : `` balizaje '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- , `` terrenos '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , `` almacén '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , `` litoral '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , `` pesadumbre en bridgetown '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , `` batallas '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , `` poemas ingleses '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , `` reverón 25 poemas '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- and `` plexo solar '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- .
has been the writer of some works of literature and history such as `` venezuela : 1830 a nuestros días '' -lrb- review of venezuelan history from 1830 -rrb- , in 2007 , and `` literatura venezolana del siglo xx '' -lrb- venezuelan literature of the 20th century -rrb- , in 2009 , and has contributed with some essay books : `` venezuela en cuatro asaltos '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , `` trece lecturas venezolanas '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , `` vueltas a la patria '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , `` los oficios de la luz '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , `` el recuerdo de venecia y otros ensayos '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- , `` el coro de las voces solitarias , una historia de la poesía venezolana '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- and '' ¿ que es la globalizacion ? ''
-lrb- 2002 -rrb- .
weekly writer at venezuelan daily el nacional since 1983 .
during the 1990s , arráiz lucca was director of the national council of culture and president of the state-owned publishing `` monte Ávila editores latinoamericana '' .
being a prolific poet and essayist , he took part in the `` calicanto '' workshop ran by fellow writer antonia palacios .
this experience led to an urban proposal that took shape in the form of a speech which focused on the 80s .
