Vicente Gerbasi

Vicente Gerbasi (June 2, 1913 in Canaobo, Carabobo – December 28, 1992 in Caracas) was a representative poet of Venezuelan 20th century.

Vicente Gerbasi was born in Canoabo, a small city in Carabobo in Northern Venezuela as child of Italian immigrants.

Gerbasi was also ambassador of Venezuela for many years: Haiti (1959), Israel (1960–1964), Denmark and Norway, Poland (1969–1971).

[1] He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Carabobo in 1984.

[1] In 1986 Biblioteca Ayacucho published his Obra Poética.

Ambassador Vicente Gerbasi after presenting his credentials to the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi , with Golda Meir , February 18, 1960