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Born July 1, 1909 • Montevideo • Uruguay
Died May 30, 1994 (aged 84) • Madrid • Spain
Awards And Honors Cervantes Prize (1980)
Notable Works “A Brief Life” • “Body Snatcher” • “No Man’s Land” • “The Pit”
Cristina Peri Rossi
Uruguayan writer
Mario Benedetti
Uruguayan writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
Sergio Pitol
Mexican author
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban author
José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
Horacio Quiroga
Uruguayan writer
Felisberto Hernández
Uruguayan writer
Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
Uruguayan writer and politician
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Roberto Bolaño
Chilean author
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American author
Vallejo, César
César Vallejo
Peruvian poet
Rubem Fonseca
Brazilian author
Nélida Piñon
Brazilian author
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis.
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Brazilian author
Antonio Skármeta
Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat