Omar Saavedra Santis
Chilean writer (1944–2021)
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![]() Omar Saavedra in 2007. | |
Born | 15 July 1944 Valparaíso, Chile |
Died | 23 December 2021 (77 years old) Valparaíso, Chile |
Occupation | writer |
Children | Catalina Saavedra |
Awards | Anna Seghers Prize |
Omar Saavedra Santis (15 July 1944 – 23 December 2021) was a Chilean writer. He spent many years in exile in Europe after the CIA-backed coup that toppled the government of Salvador Allende in 1973. He won numerous literary prizes, among them the Anna Seghers Prize. His daughter is the actress Catalina Saavedra.[1]
Saavedra died on 23 December 2021, at the age of 77.[2]
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