Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño (April 28, 1953 - July 15, 2003) was a Chilean novelist and poet, winner of the prestigious Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes (The Savage Detectives) in 1999. For most of his life he was a nomad, living at one time or another in Chile, Mexico, El Salvador, France and finally Spain where he would settle in the small town of Blanes. In the seventies he became a Trotskyist and founding member of the infrarrealismo, a small reaching poetic movement.

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April 28 - 1953 - July 15 - 2003 - Chilean - Rómulo Gallegos Prize - Mexico - El Salvador - France - Spain - Blanes - Trotskyist - Infrarrealismo

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The Savage Detectives has been compared by Jorge Edwards to Julio Cortázar's Rayuela and José Lezama Lima's Paradiso.

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Jorge Edwards - Julio Cortázar's - Rayuela - José Lezama Lima's - Paradiso

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