In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pablo Neruda describes his escape from the Chilean government of President Videla across the Andes to Argentina: On either side of the trail I could observe in the wild desolation something which betrayed human activity.
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 …
One of the world's most widely read Spanish-language authors, Allende continues to fight for women's rights and write novels with strong female characters.