Writing · Novel · Author
Born Apr 28, 1953 · Santiago, Chile
Active 2007–2003 · Awards: Rómulo Gallegos Prize, Premio Herralde, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Alcalá City Awards
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes (The Savage Detectives), and in 2008 he…