Writing · Novel · Idea · Dialogue
Born Oct 5, 1924 · Santiago, Chile
Active 1976–1996 · Awards: America Award in Literature, Knight Commander of the Order of Alfonso X, National Prize for Literature (Chile), Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Guggenheim Fellowship
José Manuel Donoso Yáñez, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and Spain.