Marcio Veloz Maggiolo (born 13 August 1936 in Ciudad Trujillo, today Santo Domingo) was a Dominican writer, archaeologist and anthropologist. A prolific author of both academic and literary themes, his original-Spanish language works have been translated into German, English, Italian and French. His maternal great-great-grandfather, Juan Bautista Maggiolo, was a Genovese naval captain who co-founded the Navy of the Dominican Republic with the also Genovese-born Juan Bautista Cambiaso and the Dominican Juan Alejandro Acosta.
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13 August 1936 Ciudad Trujillo (now Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic
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Died |
10 April 2021 (aged 84)
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Zodiac | Leo |
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