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Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño

Known for

Writing

Born

April 28, 1953

Birthplace

Santiago, Chile

Died

July 15, 2003 (aged 50)

Biography

Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (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 Los detectives salvajes (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". The New York Times described him as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation".

Best known work

The Future

The Future

2013
Roberto Bolaño: La batalla futura

Roberto Bolaño: La batalla futura

2016
Bolaño, Up Close and Personal

Bolaño, Up Close and Personal

2008
Escribir no es normal: Roberto Bolaño y su paso por Cataluña

Escribir no es normal: Roberto Bolaño y su paso por Cataluña

2017
Summer War

Summer War

2026
Nocturno de Chile

Nocturno de Chile

2007
Maldoror : Festival d'Avignon 2026

Maldoror : Festival d'Avignon 2026

2026

Filmography

  1. 2026

    Maldoror : Festival d'Avignon 2026

    Author

  2. 2026

  3. 2017

  4. 2016

    Roberto Bolaño: La batalla futura

    as Self (archive footage)

  5. 2013

  6. 2008

  7. 2007

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