Roberto Bolaño
Chilean author · Chile · On the map · Writers · Lived 1953 to 2003 · aged 50
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist.
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2008National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionAward2003Died15 July 20031999Rómulo Gallegos PrizeAward1998Premio HerraldeAward1992Alcalá City AwardsAward1953Born28 April 1953
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In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel 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".
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Chile
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 1953 to 2003 · aged 50
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The same award as Roberto
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