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Pedro Lemebel

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Chilean writer (1952-2015)

WritersLived 1952 to 2015 · aged 62
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Pedro Segundo Mardones Lemebel was a Chilean essayist, chronicler, performer and novelist. He was openly gay and known for his cutting critique of authoritarianism and for his humorous depiction of Chilean popular culture, from a queer perspective. He was nominated for Chile's National Literature Prize in 2014.

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2013Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso
2006Anna Seghers Prize
1999Guggenheim Fellowship

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Pedro Segundo Mardones Lemebel was a Chilean essayist, chronicler, performer and novelist. He was openly gay and known for his cutting critique of authoritarianism and for his humorous depiction of Chilean popular culture, from a queer perspective. He was nominated for Chile's National Literature Prize in 2014. He died of laryngeal cancer on 23 January 2015 in Santiago, Chile.

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Lived 1952 to 2015 · aged 62
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