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Born	July 29, 1931 • Santiago • Chile
Died	March 17, 2023 (aged 91) • Madrid • Spain
Awards And Honors	Cervantes Prize (1999)
Notable Works	Latin American literature • “El inútil de la familia” • “El museo de cera” • “El whisky de los poetas” • “La casa de Dostoievsky” • “La mujer imaginaria” • “Persona non grata”

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Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet

Gabriela Mistral, 1941.

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet

Isabel Allende, 2008

Isabel Allende

Chilean American writer

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Orlando Letelier

Chilean lawyer, economist, and diplomat

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Antonio Skármeta

Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat

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Ricardo Lagos

president of Chile

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Diego Barros Arana

Chilean historian

Mutis, Álvaro

Álvaro Mutis

Colombian author

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Sergio Pitol

Mexican author

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Francisco Ayala

Spanish author and sociologist

Goytisolo, Juan

Juan Goytisolo

Spanish writer

Sebastián Piñera

Sebastián Piñera

president of Chile

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Bernardo O’Higgins

Chilean head of state

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Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

Augusto Pinochet in gray military uniform and cap, saluting, with gold braid.

Augusto Pinochet

president of Chile

President of Chile Salvador Allende seated at a desk wearing a suit and glasses, with an earpiece in one ear, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Salvador Allende

president of Chile

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Eduardo Frei

president of Chile

Patricio Aylwin Azócar

Patricio Aylwin

president of Chile

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

president of Chile

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José Donoso

Chilean author