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Enrique Campos Menéndez

エンリケ・カンポス・メネンデス

Enrike Kanposu Menendes

Aliases: Marquis of Torreblanca

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-08-12 （Punta Arenas）
Died
2007-06-12 age 92
Nationality
Chilean
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Punta Arenas → Buenos Aires → Santiago

Career

Occupations
writer, politician, diplomat, film director, Director of Libraries, Archives and Museums
Active Years
1940-2007
Affiliations
Chilean Academy of Language

Education

Colegio Salesiano
San José
Country: Chile
In Punta Arenas hometown
University of Buenos Aires
Faculty of Economics
Country: Argentina

Awards

Chilean National Prize for Literature
1986
Organization: Government of Chile
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kupén: cuentos de la Tierra del Fuego

1940 Short stories

Stories from Tierra del Fuego

Indigenous culture

Bernardo O'Higgins: el padre de la patria chilena

1942 Biography

Biography of Chilean independence hero

Independence wars

Sólo el viento

1964 Novel

Los pioneros

1983 Novel

Águilas y cóndores

1986 Novel

Bibliography

  • Kupén: cuentos de la Tierra del Fuego (1940)
  • Bernardo O'Higgins: el padre de la patria chilena (1942)
  • Fantasmas (1943)
  • Lincoln (1945)
  • Todo y nada (1947)
  • Lautaro Cortés (1949)
  • Se llamaba Bolívar (1954)
  • Sólo el viento (1964)
  • Los pioneros (1983)
  • Águilas y cóndores (1986)
  • Una vida por la vida (1996)
  • Andrea (1999)

Adaptations

  • Largo Viaje (film director)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
narrative style

Health

  • cardiac arrest
    2007年
    cause of death

Legacy

Known as winner of Chilean National Literature Prize, active writer and politician under Pinochet regime. Narrative literature focusing on history and indigenous themes.

Archives

  • Memoria Chilena

In Popular Culture

  • Known as friend of Pinochet

Trivia

  • Personal friend of Augusto Pinochet.
  • Served as Chilean ambassador to Spain 1986-1990.