Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (Spanish: [roˈβeɾto βoˈlaɲo ˈaβalos] (listen); 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes (The Savage Detectives), and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes as a "work so rich and dazzling that it will surely draw readers and scholars for ages". The New York Times described him as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation".
Roberto Bolaño
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Roberto Bolaño, Роберто Болањо, روبرتو بولانيو, and 17 others
Roberto Bolaño Avalos, רוברטו בולניו, Roberto Bolanjo, روبرتو بولانو, Roberṭo Bolanyo, Roberto Bolaño Ávalos, ਰੋਬੇਰਤੋ ਬੋਲਾਨੀਓ, Roberṭo Bolenyo, 로베르토 볼라뇨, Roberto Bolano, ロベルト ボラーニョ, ロベルト・ボラーニョ, 罗贝托·波拉尼奥, Bolaño Ávalos, റോബർട്ടോ ബൊളാനോ, Роберто Боланьо, Ρομπέρτο Μπολάνιο - Born:
- April 4, 1953
- Died:
- July 12, 2003
