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Fernando Santiván

フェルナンド・サンティヴァン

Fernando Santiván

Aliases: Fernando Antonio Santibañez Puga

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1886-07-01 (Arauco, Chile)
Died
1973-07-12 (Valdivia, Chile) age 87
Nationality
Chilean
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Arauco, Chile (birth) place → Valparaíso, Chile → San Bernardo, Chile → Valdivia, Chile (later life)

Career

Occupations
novelist, anarchist organizer, shoemaker, tailor, coal seller, boxer, editor
Active Years
1909-1973
Affiliations
Chilean Writers Society
Influenced By
Leo Tolstoy, Augusto d'Halmar
Influenced
Gabriela Mistral

Education

Instituto Nacional
General
Country: Chile
Attended
School of Arts & Crafts
Arts & Crafts
Country: Chile
Expelled for Tolstoyan anarchist activities
Pedagogic Institute of the Universidad de Chile
Mathematics and Castilian Spanish
Country: Chile
Abandoned studies

Awards

Chilean National Prize for Literature
1952
Organization: Government of Chile
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ansia

1910 Novel

His first novel, which won the 1910 Centenary contest.

Longing for life

Bibliography

  • Palpitaciones de vida (1909)
  • Ansia (1910)
  • Crisol (1913)
  • La Hechizada (1916)
  • En la montaña (1917)
  • Robles, Blum y Cia. (1923)
  • Braceando en la vida (1927)
  • Confesiones de Enrique Samaniego: memorias literarias (1933)
  • Charca en la selva (1934)
  • El mulato Riquelme (1951)
  • Memorias de un Tolstoyano (1955)
  • Confesiones de Santiván. recuerdos literarios (1958)
  • Bárbara (1963)
  • Obras completas (1965)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Simple style influenced by Tolstoyanism
Recurring Motifs
Anarchismcommunal living

Health

  • Stroke
    晩年
    Died in Valdivia

Legacy

Chilean writer who won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1952, known for anarchist activities and Tolstoyan ideals.

Trivia

  • Founded a Tolstoyan colony with Augusto d'Halmar.
  • Organized the Floral Games won by Gabriela Mistral.