Efraín Barquero

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Efraín Barquero (3 May 1931[1] – 29 June 2020) was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2008.[2] He worked in Colombia during the government of Salvador Allende. In France he wrote A deshora between 1979 and 1985, which was later published in Chile in 1992. During this time he also wrote Mujeres de oscuro and El viejo y el niño.

Barquero died in Santiago de Chile on 29 June 2020 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aged 89.[3]

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References

  1. "Efrain Barquero – Poesía". www.efrainbarquero.net.
  2. "Premio Nacional de Literatura" (in español). Memoria Chilena. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. Fallece el poeta Efraín Barquero a los 89 años (in Spanish)