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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

Chilean poet

Vicente Huidobro

Chilean writer

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet

Pedro de Oña

Chilean poet

Manuel Rojas

Chilean writer

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine author

Octavio Paz

Mexican writer and diplomat

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Argentine author

Augusto Roa Bastos

Paraguayan writer

Álvaro Mutis

Colombian author

Juan Gelman

Argentine poet and activist

José Emilio Pacheco

Mexican author

Fernando del Paso

Mexican author and artist

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

Isabel Allende

Chilean-American author

Antonio Skármeta

Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat

José Donoso

Chilean author

Eduardo Barrios

Chilean writer

María Luisa Bombal

Chilean author

Alberto Blest Gana

Chilean writer

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