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Born May 4, 1830 • Santiago • Chile
Died November 9, 1920 or November 11, 1920 • Paris • France
Isabel Allende, 2008
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Chilean American writer
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Chilean author
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Antonio Skármeta
Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat
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José Donoso
Chilean author
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Vicente Huidobro
Chilean writer
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Eduardo Barrios
Chilean writer
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María Luisa Bombal
Chilean author
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Manuel Rojas
Chilean writer
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
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Nicanor Parra
Latin-American poet
Jorge Edwards
Jorge Edwards
Chilean writer, critic, and diplomat
Gabriela Mistral, 1941.
Gabriela Mistral
Chilean poet
Oña, Pedro de
Pedro de Oña
Chilean poet
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa smiling, shown in a close-up portrait with gray hair, wearing a suit and tie.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Paulo Coelho smiling in a close-up portrait, wearing a black jacket, with photographers and camera flashes in the blurred background at the Cannes Film Festival.
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian author
Portrait of José María Arguedas
José María Arguedas
Peruvian author
Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian poet, seated outdoors in a suit with his chin resting on his hand and a cane in his other hand, 1929.
César Vallejo
Peruvian poet
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Rachel de Queiroz
Brazilian novelist