Juan Carlos Onetti

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Born	July 1, 1909 • Montevideo • Uruguay
Died	May 30, 1994 (aged 84) • Madrid • Spain
Awards And Honors	Cervantes Prize (1980)
Notable Works	“A Brief Life” • “Body Snatcher” • “No Man’s Land” • “The Pit”

Cristina Peri Rossi

Uruguayan writer

Mario Benedetti

Uruguayan writer

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Argentine author

Augusto Roa Bastos

Paraguayan writer

Álvaro Mutis

Colombian author

Sergio Pitol

Mexican author

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Cuban author

José Emilio Pacheco

Mexican author

Horacio Quiroga

Uruguayan writer

Felisberto Hernández

Uruguayan writer

Eduardo Acevedo Díaz

Uruguayan writer and politician

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian author

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

Isabel Allende

Chilean-American author

César Vallejo

Peruvian poet

Rubem Fonseca

Brazilian author

Nélida Piñon

Brazilian author

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Brazilian author

Antonio Skármeta

Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat

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