Chilean writer Jorge Edwards dies at 91 years old, one of the last exponents of great 20th century Latin American literature
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Jorge Edwards, Chilean writer and diplomat, is dead
Author of “Persona non Grata”, he received the Cervantes Prize in 1999. The author had also served his country's diplomacy before Augusto Pinochet's coup, and was in particular posted in Paris alongside his friend Pablo Neruda. He was 91 years old.
Chile’s Jorge Edwards, 1999 Cervantes Prize winner, dead at 91
Santiago/Madrid, Mar 17 (EFE).- Chilean author Jorge Edwards, an acclaimed novelist who was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1994 and Spain’s prestigious Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1999, passed away on Friday in Madrid. He was 91. In addition to his literary accomplishments, Edwards also was an academic who taught courses at universities in the United States, a long-time diplomat who served in Cuba and was his country’s amb…
Chilean writer Jorge Edwards dies at 91 years old, one of the last exponents of great 20th century Latin American literature
Author of titles such as 'Persona Non Grata', he was a career diplomat, journalist and literary critic. Awarded the Cervantes Prize in 1999, he died at his home in the Salamanca neighborhood of Madrid
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