Luis Sepúlveda

Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis seˈpulβeða kalfuˈkuɾa]; October 4, 1949 – April 16, 2020) was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the 1970s. Sepúlveda was author of poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, French and Italian. In the late 1980s, he conquered the literary scene with his first novel, The Old Man Who Read Love Novels.

Luis Sepúlveda
Sepúlveda in 2014
Born(1949-10-04)October 4, 1949
DiedApril 16, 2020(2020-04-16) (aged 70)
Alma materUniversity of Chile
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
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