question: Who is more successful as an author, Rómulo Gallegos or James Patterson?
answer: James Brendan Patterson
context: Title: Rómulo Gallegos Prize
  Passage: The Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize (Spanish: "Premio internacional de novela Rómulo Gallegos" ) was created on 6 August 1964 by a presidential decree enacted by Venezuelan president Raúl Leoni, in honor of the Venezuelan politician and President Rómulo Gallegos, the author of "Doña Bárbara".
  Title: James Patterson
  Passage: James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author and philanthropist.  Among his works are the "Alex Cross", "Michael Bennett", "Women's Murder Club", "Maximum Ride", "Daniel X", "NYPD Red", "Witch and Wizard", and "Private" series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction and romance novels.  His books have sold more than 300 million copies and he was the first person to sell 1 million e-books.  In 2016, Patterson topped "Forbes"'s list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year, with an income of $95 million.  His total income over a decade is estimated at $700 million.
  Title: Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Cojedes
  Passage: The Rómulo Gallegos Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 18,297.  The town of Las Vegas is the shire town of the Rómulo Gallegos Municipality.  The municipality is one of a number in Venezuela named "Rómulo Gallegos Municipality", in honour of the writer Rómulo Gallegos.
  Title: Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Apure
  Passage: The Rómulo Gallegos Municipality is one of the seven municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Apure and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 24,418.  The town of Elorza is the shire town of the Rómulo Gallegos Municipality.  The municipality is one of a number in Venezuela named "Rómulo Gallegos Municipality", in honour of the writer Rómulo Gallegos.
  Title: Rómulo Gallegos
  Passage: Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician.  For a period of some nine months during 1948, he was the first cleanly elected president in his country's history.
  Title: Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies
  Passage: Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies (CELARG, "Fundación Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos"), is a Venezuelan government foundation that aims to study and promote Latin American culture, with emphasis on the life and work of Rómulo Gallegos.  It was established on July 30, 1974.
  Title: 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état
  Passage: The 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 24 November 1948, when Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Luis Felipe Llovera Páez overthrew the elected president Rómulo Gallegos.  Gallegos had been elected in the Venezuelan presidential election, 1947 (generally believed to be the country's first honest election) and taken office in February 1948.  Chalbaud had been Gallegos' Minister of Defense.  Democracy would not be restored until the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état overthrew the dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez.
  Title: La Doña (2016 telenovela)
  Passage: La Doña (Lit: "The Doña" / English: "Lady Altagracia"), is an American telenovela written by José Vicente Spataro for Telemundo, based on the work of Venezuelan writer Rómulo Gallegos titled "Doña Bárbara", which most recent version, "Doña Bárbara", starred Edith González.  It is a production of Argos Comunicación and Telemundo Studios distributed by Telemundo Internacional.  The series tells the story of Altagracia (Aracely Arámbula) a beautiful, elegant, successful woman, recognized in society and owner of an emporium in the construction world.  Just as a young girl, she suffered two very strong traumas that marked her and made her the unforgiving "Doña" she is now.
  Title: 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état
  Passage: The 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 18 October 1945, when the dictator Isaías Medina Angarita was overthrown by a combination of a military rebellion and a popular movement led by Democratic Action.  The coup led to a three-year period of government known as El Trienio Adeco, which saw the first democratic elections in Venezuelan history, beginning with the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, 1946.  The Venezuelan general election, 1947 saw Democratic Action formally elected to office (with Rómulo Gallegos as President, replacing interim President Rómulo Betancourt), but it was removed from office shortly after in the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état.
  Title: Cantaclaro
  Passage: Cantaclaro is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Esther Fernandez, Antonio Badú and Alberto Galán.  The film is based on a novel of the same name by Rómulo Gallegos.  It was part of a spate of film adaptations of Gallegos' novels following success of "Doña Bárbara" (1943).  The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho.
citations: James Patterson Rómulo Gallegos