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Omar Saavedra Santis

Chilean author · Chile · On the map · Writers · Lived 1944 to 2021 · aged 77

Omar Saavedra Santis was a Chilean writer. He spent many years in exile in Europe after the CIA-backed coup that toppled the government of Salvador Allende in 1973. He won numerous literary prizes, among them the Anna Seghers Prize. His daughter is the actress Catalina Saavedra.

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2021Died23 December 20212003MDR-LiteraturpreisAward1995Civis Media PrizeAward1986Anna Seghers PrizeAward1944Born15 July 1944

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MDR-Literaturpreis2003
Civis Media Prize1995
Anna Seghers Prize1986

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Country
Chile
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2021 · aged 77

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