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Roberto Bolano
| Poet from Chile, talented prose writer. Date of Birth: 28.04.1953 Country: Chile |
Biography of Roberto Bolano
Roberto Bolano was a talented Chilean poet and novelist.
He was born on April 28, 1953, in Santiago, Chile, to a truck driver (who was once a successful boxer) and a teacher. Roberto and his sister spent their early years in the southern part of Chile, in the coastal zone.
During his youth, Bolano was sickly, anemic, and seemingly a hopeless child.
He was openly bullied and considered an outcast at school.
Bolano biography
In 1968, Roberto moved with his family to Mexico, where he became involved in politics and worked as a journalist.
In 1973, a drastic change occurred in Bolano's life when he left Mexico and went to Chile to support Salvador Allende's socialist regime.
However, after Augusto Pinochet came to power, Roberto was arrested, accused of terrorist activities, and imprisoned for over a week. He was fortunate to have two former classmates as pr