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Salvador Reyes Figueroa

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Salvador Reyes Figueroa

Aliases: Simbad

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1899-08-16 （Copiapó）
Died
1970-02-27 （Santiago） age 70
Nationality
Chilean
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Copiapó → Antofagasta → Valparaíso → Santiago → Paris → Barcelona → London → Rome → Haiti → Athens

Career

Occupations
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Diplomat
Active Years
1923-1970
Affiliations
Chilean Academy of Language
Memberships
Chilean Academy of Language

Education

Instituto Comercial de Antofagasta
Commerce
Country: Chile

Awards

Chilean National Prize for Literature
1967
Organization: Government of Chile
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Barco ebrio

1923 Poetry

Poetry collection.

Imaginism

El último pirata

1925 Stories

Stories.

El matador de tiburones

1926 Novel

Novel.

Bibliography

  • Barco ebrio (1923)
  • El último pirata (1925)
  • El matador de tiburones (1926)
  • El café del puerto (1927)
  • Los tripulantes de la noche (1929)
  • Las mareas del sur (1930)
  • Lo que el tiempo deja (1932)
  • Tres novelas de la costa (1934)
  • Ruta de sangre (1935)
  • Piel nocturna (1936)
  • Norte y sur (1947)
  • Mónica Sanders (1951)
  • Valparaíso, puerto de nostalgias (1955)
  • El continente de los hombres solos (1956)
  • Rostros sin máscaras (1957)
  • Los amantes desunidos (1959)
  • Los defraudados (1963)
  • El incendio del astillero (1964)
  • Andanzas por el desierto de Atacama (1966)
  • Fuego en la frontera (1968)
  • La redención de las sirenas (1968)
  • Crónicas de Oriente (1973)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Imaginism
Recurring Motifs
SeaPortSolitude

Legacy

Important Chilean writer who won the National Literature Prize. Posthumous recognition includes exhibitions.

Museums

  • Wulff Castle Viña del Mar

Archives

  • Memoria Chilena

Trivia

  • His ashes were scattered into the sea off Antofagasta.