VE L A S CO 



CARLOS DE VELASCO Y PEREZ 



Author; editor. 



Carlos deVelasco y Perez was born on 

 the fourteenth of August, 1884, in the city 

 of Santa Clara and there, in the Colegio of 

 "Santa Ana," he received his early instruc- 

 tion, but in 1900 his family removed to 

 Havana where he completed his formal 

 education in the Institute. At an early 

 age he became associated with public men 

 and affairs; first, while he was still a boy, 

 with President Estrada Palma, and later 

 with President Menocal, in both of whose 

 administrations he served as Private Secre- 

 tary to the Secretary of Gobernacidn with 

 the title of Chief of Administration. 



Having chosen literature as his field of 

 work, he became one of the founders and 

 first editors of the newspaper La Prensa, 

 later a member of the staff of La Discusion, 



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