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Roberto Bolaño
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Chilean author
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Roberto Bolaño was a person who lived from April 28, 1953, until July 15, 2003. He is recognized as an author with a body of work that includes titles such as *Muchachos desnudos bajo el arcoiris de fuego*, *Consejos de un discípulo de Morrison a un fanático de Joyce / Diario de bar*, *Sensini*, and *Posthumous Stories*. Records indicate he has 43 works associated with his name.
His writings have been referenced by 260 other encyclopedia articles. One of his notable quotes states, "We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain."
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Key facts
- Born
- Roberto Bolaño Ávalos , ( 1953-04-28 ) 28 April 1953, Santiago , Chile
- Died
- 15 July 2003 (2003-07-15) (aged 50), Barcelona , Spain
- Occupation
- Writer poet
- Language
- Spanish
- Notable works
- The Savage Detectives (1998) 2666 (2004)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roberto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Chile
- Place of birth
- Santiago
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- The Savage Detectives
- Genre
- prose
- Movement
- Infrarrealismo
- Image
- Roberto Bolaño Ávalos.jpg
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- name in native language
- Roberto Bolaño Ávalos
- date of birth
- 1953-04-28
- date of death
- 2003-07-16
- cause of death
- liver failure
- Commons category
- Roberto Bolaño
- medical condition
- dyslexia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Jorge Luis Borges
- has works in the collection
- Memoria Chilena
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Encyclopedic overview
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos ( Spanish: [roˈβeɾto βoˈlaɲo ˈaβalos] ; 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel The Savage Detectives, and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes as a "work so rich and dazzling that it will surely draw readers and scholars for ages".
Bolaño's work is highly regarded by both writers and contemporary literary critics. The New York Times described him as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation" and he has frequently been compared with Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar. His books have been translated into numerous languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Dutch and Greek.
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