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Hernán del Solar

ヘルナン・デル・ソラール

Hernán del Solar

Aliases: Hernán del Solar Aspillaga

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1901 (Chile)
Died
1985 (Chile) age 84
Nationality
Chilean
Languages
Spanish, French, English, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan

Career

Occupations
critic, essayist, poet, novelist, translator, creator of children stories
Active Years
1919-1985

Awards

Camilo Henriquez Award
1954
Organization: Unknown
Result: winner
Chilean National Prize for Literature
1968
Organization: Government of Chile
Result: winner
Ricardo Latcham Award
1971
Organization: Unknown
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Paths

1919 play

Green Wind

1940 novel

The night across the street

1952 novel

Bibliography

  • Paths (1919)
  • Fran and Javiera For Ever (1937)
  • Green Wind (1940)
  • The night across the street (1952)
  • Chilean poetry in the first half of the 20th century (1953)
  • Men and Things (1959)
  • Appendix of one hundred contemporary authors
  • When the Wind Gone (1965)
  • The Bambi Street Crime (1967)
  • The Adventures of Totora
  • Brief study and anthology of the National Literature Awards (1965)
  • The Best Tales (1969)
  • National Literature Awards (1975)
  • Exploits of Nap and Moses (1976)
  • Children's Tales (1978)
  • The Red Moon (1984)
  • Mac the Unknown Microbe (1946)
  • The man in the top hat

Legacy

Chilean critic, essayist, poet, novelist, translator and creator of children's stories. He was awarded the National Prize for Literature in 1968. He translated more than 80 books.