Fernando Báez (writer)

Fernando Báez (born San Félix, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan writer, poet, essayist and "El Director de la Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela". He is known for his work on the destruction of Iraqi books and art caused by the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Career
Báez has a degree in education and a doctorate in library science, and worked for several years at the University of the Andes in Mérida, Venezuela, where he studied Greek and Latin under José Manuel Briceño Guerrero. He was declared a persona non-grata by the United States authorities, after the publication of his book on Iraq.

Works

 * Historia de la Antigua Biblioteca de Alejandría (2003)
 * Historia Universal de la Destrucción de Libros (2004)
 * La Destrucción Cultural de Iraq (2004)


 * Novels


 * Translations