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José Donoso

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José Donoso

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1924-10-05 (Santiago)
Died
1996-12-07 (Santiago) age 72
Nationality
Chile
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Chile → Mexico → United States → Spain

Career

Occupations
Writer, Journalist, Professor
Active Years
1955-1996
Affiliations
Universidad Católica, Kent School
Influenced By
Carlos Fuentes

Education

Princeton University
English Literature
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 1949-1951
Year of Graduation: 1951
Country: United States
Senior thesis on Jane Austen

Awards

National Prize for Literature (Chile)
1990
Organization: Government of Chile
Result: 受賞
Premio Mondello
1990
Result: 受賞
Prix Roger Caillois
1991
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Coronation

1957 Novel

Depicts the decadence of Santiago's upper classes.

DecadenceClass society
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Coronation (1957)
  • Hell Has No Limits (1966)
  • The Obscene Bird of Night (1970)

Translations of Works

  • Coronation English translation
  • Hell Has No Limits English translation

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Dark humorMagical realism
Recurring Motifs
SexualityDuplicity of identityPsychology

Health

  • Liver cancer
    1996年
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Chilean writer who contributed to the Latin American Boom.

Archives

  • University of Iowa Special Collections

Trivia

  • Gay novelist
  • Princeton University alumnus