What is Francisco Massiani?
[[File:Francisco massiani.jpg|thumb|240px|Francisco Massiani]] '''Francisco Massiani''' (2 April 1944 – 1 April 2019) was a [[Venezuela]]n writer and painter. His first [[novel]], ''Piedra de mar'', has been a bestseller since it first came out in 1968. The book is a [[Age of majority|coming-of-age]] story about a [[middle class]] [[teenager]] in [[Caracas]]. He published many [[Short story|short stories]] and [[poetry]] collections. In 2012, he won the [[National Prize for Literature (Venezuela)|National Prize for Literature]]. Massiani was born in Caracas. Massiani died in Caracas on 1 April 2019, the day before his 75th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/entretenimiento/murio-francisco-massiani-gran-pancho_277351|title=Murió Francisco Massiani, el gran Pancho|work=El Nacional|date=2 April 2019|access-date=2 April 2019|language=es|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402025730/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/entretenimiento/murio-francisco-massiani-gran-pancho_277351|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Massiani, Francisco}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:South American novelists]] [[Category:Venezuelan painters]] [[Category:People from Caracas]] [[Category:South American poets]] [[Category:Short story writers]] [[Category:20th-century artists]] [[Category:21st-century artists]] {{Bio-stub}}