Pedro Lemebel

Pedro Lemebel in 2005

Pedro Segundo Mardones Lemebel (21 November 1952 – 23 January 2015) was an openly gay Chilean essayist, chronicler, and novelist. He was known for writing books about Chilean culture based on the mind of a homosexual. He was nominated for Chile's National Literature Prize in 2014.

Lemebel died of cancer of the larynx on January 23, 2015, aged 62.[1]

References

  1. Grupo Copesa (23 January 2015). "Muere el escritor nacional Pedro Lemebel a los 62 años". latercera.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2015.