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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
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American author
Orlando Letelier
Chilean lawyer, economist, and diplomat
Antonio Skármeta
Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat
Ricardo Lagos
president of Chile
Diego Barros Arana
Chilean historian
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
Sergio Pitol
Mexican author
Francisco Ayala
Spanish author and sociologist
Goytisolo, Juan
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish writer
The first female president of Chile
Michelle Bachelet
president of Chile
Sebastián Piñera
Sebastián Piñera
president of Chile
Bernardo O’Higgins
Chilean head of state
Roberto Bolaño
Chilean author
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
president of Chile
Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende
president of Chile
Eduardo Frei
president of Chile
Patricio Aylwin Azócar
Patricio Aylwin
president of Chile
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
president of Chile