Books

Pablo Neruda (Parral 1904-Santiago de Chile 1973) It is high time to talk (write) about the writer that Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez called “the best poet of the 20th Century in any language”. Neftali reyes Basoalto was born in rainy Parral and lost his mother when he was a month old. His father,...
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Writer Luis Sepulveda was born in Ovalle, Chile in 1949 and soon moved to Santiago to study Theatrical Production. Being politically active during the government of President Salvador Allende sent him straight to prison and torture for 2 and a half years, but he escaped and during his clandestine times he started theatre companies...
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I am Pilar Olivares, tour guide of the Lake District since 1988 and I have joined this great network. Besides other subjects I plan to share, I would like to start a series of stories, myths and legends, urban legends even that may provide a warm background of the fabric of our country, Chile....
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Lucila Godoy Alcayaga is born in the small town of Vicuña, Northern Chile in 1889. When she was 3 years old, her father walked away, strangely enough she never held grudges and it was one of his poems ( he was a school teacher) that compelled her to writing. She wan a regional award...
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