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Luis Sepúlveda

1949 - 2020

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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 authored numerous poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, the language in which he wrote his first novel, El viejo que leía novelas de amor (The Old Man Who Read Love Stories). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Sepúlveda is the 841st most popular writer (up from 880th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Chile (down from 11th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chilean Writer.

Luis Sepúlveda is most famous for his novel "The General in His Labyrinth" which tells the story of Simón Bolívar's last days.

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Among writers, Luis Sepúlveda ranks 841 out of 7,302. Before him are L. Ron Hubbard, Miroslav Krleža, Antonio Machado, Stesichorus, Jamal Khashoggi, and William McMaster Murdoch. After him are Daniel Goleman, Ibycus, Franz Grillparzer, Jin Yong, Karl Harrer, and Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani.

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Among people born in 1949, Luis Sepúlveda ranks 65. Before him are Jarosław Kaczyński, Shelley Duvall, Margareta of Romania, Issei Sagawa, Bill Nighy, and Gene Simmons. After him are Lionel Richie, Tom Waits, Miuccia Prada, Billy Joel, Anna Lee Fisher, and Ruud Krol. Among people deceased in 2020, Luis Sepúlveda ranks 43. Before him are Lee Teng-hui, Little Richard, Juliette Gréco, Kenny Rogers, Dmitry Yazov, and Michael Lonsdale. After him are Jiří Menzel, Bill Gates Sr., Qasem Soleimani, Jack Steinberger, Masatoshi Koshiba, and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Luis Sepúlveda ranks 12 out of 321. Before him are Michelle Bachelet (1951), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Víctor Jara (1932), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), and Sebastián Piñera (1949). After him are Claudio Arrau (1903), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), Violeta Parra (1917), Jorge Medina (1926), Roberto Bolaño (1953), and Patricio Aylwin (1918).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Luis Sepúlveda ranks 4. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904), Gabriela Mistral (1889), and Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929). After him are Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Antonio Skármeta (1940), Nicanor Parra (1914), José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), and Alberto Hurtado (1901).

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