José Manuel Briceño Guerrero
Born	José Manuel Briceño Guerrero (1929-03-06)March 6, 1929 Palmarito,Apure, Venezuela
Died	October 31, 2014(2014-10-31) (aged 85) Mérida, Venezuela
Other names	Jonuel Brigue
Spouse	Jacqueline Clarac
Education
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Website	https://www.jonuel-brigue.org/

José Manuel Briceño Guerrero (Palmarito,Apure, Venezuela, 6 March 1929 -Mérida, 31 October 2014)^[1] was a Venezuelan writer,philologist and philosopher. A large part of his work was published under the pen-nameJonuel Brigue. The Spanish philosopherJuan Nuño considered Briceño Guerrero “the most radically original of Latin American philosophers.”^[2]

In 1951, Briceño Guerrero obtained a BA in Education inCaracas at theInstituto Pedagógico Nacional. In 1956 he obtained a Diploma in French Language and Culture at theSorbonne in Paris. In 1961 he completed his PhD at theUniversity of Vienna with a thesis onethnopsychology entitled “The Socio-Psychological Foundations of Latin American Spanish.”^[3] While in Vienna he befriendedAlbin Lesky andFriedrich Kainz [de].

Upon his return to Venezuela, Briceño Guerrero worked for decades as Professor of Philosophy andClassical languages at theUniversidad de Los Andes,Mérida.

Three fruitful sabbatical years during his academic career would mark his future works. First, in 1968, when he was a visiting lecturer ofGreek philology andphilosophy at theUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México.^[4] During this stay in Mexico he familiarised himself with the ideas ofLeopoldo Zea andAlfonso Caso. Then, in 1970, he was a visiting lecturer atMoscow State University. And third, in 1979, when he did studies on liberation theology at theUniversidad de Granada, Spain.^[5]

In 1981 he was awarded the Venezuelan Premio Nacional de Ensayo, and in 1996 theVenezuelan National Prize for Literature.^[6] Considered one of the most influential and original Latin-American thinkers,^[7] some of his works have been translated into English, French and German, some as part of theUNESCO Collection of Representative Works.^[8]

• 1962:¿Qué es la filosofía?, Mérida, Universidad de Los Andes.Free PDF
• 1965:Dóulos Oukóon, Caracas, Arte.Free PDF
• 1966:América Latina en el mundo, Caracas, Arte.Free PDF
• 1967:Triandáfila, Caracas, Arte.Free PDF
• 1970:El origen del lenguaje, Caracas, Monte Ávila.Free PDF
• 1977:La identificación americana con la Europa Segunda, Mérida, Universidad de Los Andes.See preface
• 1980:Discurso Salvaje, Caracas, Fundarte.
• 1981:Europa y América en el pensar mantuano, Caracas, Monte Ávila Editores.
• Geraldine Saldate, Mérida, Universidad de Los Andes: Talleres Gráficos Universitarios.
• 1983:Recuerdo y respeto para el héroe nacional (Speech delivered in representation of all Venezuelan universities upon the 200th anniversary celebrations of the birth ofSimón Bolívar), Mérida, Universidad de Los Andes: Revista Azul.Free PDF
• 1984:Holadios, Caracas, Fundarte.
• 1987:Amor y terror de las palabras, Caracas, Mandorla.Free PDF
• 1990:El pequeño arquitecto del universo, Caracas, Alfadil.Free PDF
• 1992:Anfisbena. Culebra ciega, Caracas, Editorial Greca.Free PDF
• 1993:L’Enfance d’un Magicien (French translation ofAmor y Terror de las Palabras by Nelly Lhermillier), Paris, Editions de L’Aube.
• 1994:Le discours sauvage (French translation ofDiscurso Salvaje by Nelly Lhermillier), Paris, Editions de L’Aube.
• El Laberinto de los Tres Minotauros, Caracas, Monte Ávila.
• 1996: “Les droits humains et les practiques de domination”, in:Qui sommes-nous, Paris, UNESCO.
• 1997:Diario de Saorge, Caracas, Fundación Polar.
• Discours des Lumières suivi de Discours des Seigneurs (French translation by Nelly Lhermillier), Paris, Editions de L’Aube – UNESCO.
• 1998:Esa Llanura Temblorosa, Caracas, Oscar Todtmann Editores.View partial PDF
• 2000:Matices de Matisse, Mérida, Universidad de Los Andes: Consejo de Publicaciones.View partial PDF
• 2001:Trece Trozos y Tres Trizas, Mérida, Ediciones Puerta del Sol.Free PDF
• 2002:El tesaracto y la tetractis, Caracas, Oscar Todtmann Editores.
• 2004:Mi casa de los dioses. Mérida, Ediciones del Vicerrectorado Académico, Universidad de Los Andes.
• 2004:Los recuerdos, los sueños y la razón. Mérida, Ediciones Puerta del Sol.Free PDF
• 2007:Para ti me cuento a China. Mérida, Venezuela: Ediciones Puerta del Sol, 2007.
• 2009:La Mirada Terrible. Mérida, Venezuela: Ediciones Puerta del Sol.
• 2010:Los chamanes de China. Mérida, Venezuela: Ediciones Puertas del Sol-Universidad Experimental de Yaracuy.
• 2011:Operación Noé. Mérida, Venezuela: Ediciones Puertas del Sol-Universidad Experimental de Yaracuy.
• 2011:El garrote y la máscara, Venezuela: Ediciones La Castalia.
• 2012:3x1=4 (Retratos), Venezuela: Ediciones La Castalia.
• 2013:Dios es mi laberinto. Venezuela, Ediciones La Castalia.
• 2014:Cantos de mi Majano, Caracas: Fundación Editorial El perro y la rana.
• 2021: Love and terror of the words. English edition of "Amor y terror de las palabras" translation by Juan Acevedo: Ediciones Magnolia.

Other articles and minor works are referenced in theSpanish Wikipedia article.

• An obituary in English, with links.
• Universidad de Los Andes author page, with access to digital versions of several works
• The Savage Discourse. English translation of the basics of Briceño’s thought on Latin America.
• “El poder de la palabra”, a short biographical film produced by the VenezuelanNational Library.

• 1929 births
• 2014 deaths
• 20th-century Venezuelan novelists
• Academic staff of the Central University of Venezuela
• Classical philologists
• Latin Americanists
• Philosophers of language
• Academic staff of the University of the Andes (Venezuela)
• University of Vienna alumni
• Venezuelan essayists
• Venezuelan male non-fiction writers
• 20th-century Venezuelan philosophers
• 21st-century Venezuelan philosophers
• Venezuelan writers
• 20th-century Venezuelan male writers

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