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Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura, born Luis Sepulveda Diaz in Ovalle, Chile, on October 4, 1949, was a Chilean writer, journalist, screenwriter, and film director. He was educated at the University of Chile and the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera. Sepúlveda wrote in Spanish and spoke Portuguese, English, French, and Italian. His work focused on Chilean literature, opinion journalism, and film direction. He received the award of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Among his notable works are *La Locura De Pinochet Y Otros Articulos*, *Historia de una Gaviota y del Gato que le Enseñó a Volar*, *Historia De Una Ballena Blanca*, *La sombra de lo que fuimos*, and *Story of a Snail Who Discovered the Importance of Being Slow*. He resided in Chile and Europe. Sepúlveda was identified as a prisoner of conscience. He died of natural causes on April 16, 2020, in Oviedo, following a medical condition of COVID-19.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1949
- Died
- 2020
- Works
- 186
Top works
- Old Man Who Read Love Stories
- La Locura De Pinochet Y Otros Articulos
- HISTORIA DE UNA GAVIOTA Y DEL GATO QUE LE ENSEÑO A VOLAR
- Historia De Una Ballena Blanca - Luis Sepulveda
- La sombra de lo que fuimos
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Ovalle, Cile
Known for
- Tonino — Self2017
- Luis Sepúlveda, l'écrivain du bout du monde — Himself2011
- Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento2004
- Harto the Borges — Self2000
- Bibo per sempre — barbone2000
- Lucky and Zorba — Poeta (voice)1998
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Chile
- Active from
- 1949
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 104
- Total plays
- 2,520
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Luis+Sep%C3%BAlveda">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,423x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,848x
- PhysioBank, PhysioToolkit, and PhysioNet
· 2000 · cited 12,070x
- 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2016 · cited 11,107x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1949-10-04 ) October 4, 1949, Ovalle , Limarí Province , Chile
- Died
- April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16) (aged 70), Oviedo , Asturias , Spain
- Alma mater
- University of Chile
- Occupations
- Writer, journalist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Chile
- Place of birth
- Ovalle
- Place of death
- Oviedo
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Field of work
- film direction
- Image
- Luis Sepúlveda 2014.jpg
- Residence
- Chile
- Significant event
- prisoner of conscience
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- Commons category
- Luis Sepúlveda
- date of birth
- 1949-10-04
- name in native language
- Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura
- official blog URL
- www.lemondediplomatique.cl/-carne-de-blog-
- writing language
- Spanish
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- date of death
- 2020-04-16
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Luis Sepulveda Diaz
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Encyclopedic overview
Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis seˈpulβeða kalfuˈkuɾa]; October 4, 1949 – April 16, 2020) was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the 1970s. Sepúlveda authored numerous poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, the language in which he wrote his first novel, El viejo que leía novelas de amor (The Old Man Who Read Love Stories).
Biography
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