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Daniel Silberman

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in Santiago, Chile
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Culturally diverse author, fluent in Spanish, English and Hebrew, born in Santiago, Chile in 1967.

In 1973 Chile went through a violent coup d'estate, and my father, David Silberman, was imprisioned and later on murdered by the secret police agents thus becoming a "desaparecido" until today.

At the age of 10, after losing hope of ever finding my father, our family emigrated to Israel due to the continous political persecution we suffered in Chile on a daily basis.

Writing has always been my escape, pondering on human nature and searching for a saner, more righteous world.

I hold a B.A. in Journalism but I worked in the profession for only a short period of time, as I became extremely dissapointed to find out what really puts in motion the whee
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Me & Carlos down by the school yard

Today, July 14th 2020, is a huge milestone for me - my third book is officially being launched in Amazon for the English readers market.

"The dead hand la manita muerta"
is a compilation of 11 short stories about the life of common people in Chile under the military regime imposed by the murderous dictator Pinochet,

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Published on July 14, 2020 04:12 Tags: chile-carlos-caszely
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