Jorge Edwards

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Jorge Edwards (1931-) is a Chilean novelist, winner of the 1999 Cervantes Prize.

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[edit] Life and career

Jorge Edwards is a chilean novelist and journalist. He was born on june 29, 1931. He went to Law School at Universidad de Chile. During the presidency of Salvador Allende, Edwards reopened the chilean embassy in La Habana, Cuba, but only three months later, the government of Fidel Castro declared him persona non grata. From this episode he wrotte, perhaps, his most famous novel: Persona non grata, 1971.

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Short Stories

  • El patio (1962)
  • Gente de la ciudad (1961)
  • Las máscaras (1967)
  • Temas y variaciones (1969)
  • Fantasmas de carne y hueso (1993)

[edit] Novels

[edit] Journalist work

Jorge Edwards writes in several newspapers in Chile, Latin america (La Nación, from Buenos Aires) and Europe (Le Monde or El País). A big part of his work has been recollected in two books:

  • El whisky de los poetas (1997)
  • Diálogos en un tejado (2003)

[edit] Other books

He has also written essays and biographies:

[edit] External links


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