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Born September 5, 1914 • Chile
Died January 23, 2018 (aged 103) • Santiago • Chile
Awards And Honors Cervantes Prize (2011)
Notable Works “Artefactos” • “Cancionero sin nombre” • “Obra gruesa” • “Poems and Antipoems”
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
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Vicente Huidobro
Chilean writer
Gabriela Mistral, 1941.
Gabriela Mistral
Chilean poet
Oña, Pedro de
Pedro de Oña
Chilean poet
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Manuel Rojas
Chilean writer
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Black-and-white portrait of Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, resting his head on one hand and wearing a pinstripe suit and tie.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
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Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
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Juan Gelman
Argentine poet and activist
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José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
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Fernando del Paso
Mexican author and artist
Isabel Allende, 2008
Isabel Allende
Chilean American writer
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Roberto Bolaño
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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Eduardo Barrios
Chilean writer
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María Luisa Bombal
Chilean author
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Alberto Blest Gana
Chilean writer

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