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Pedro Lemebel

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Pedro Lemebel


Born
in Santiago, Chile
December 21, 1955

Died
January 23, 2015


Hijo de Pedro Mardones, panadero, y Violeta Lemebel, nació "literalmente en la orilla del Zanjón de la Aguada" y "vivió en medio del barro" hasta que, a mediados de los años sesenta, "su familia se mudó a un conjunto de viviendas sociales en avenida Departamental".
Estudió en un liceo industrial donde se enseñaba forja de metal y mueblería y, después, en la Universidad de Chile, donde se tituló de profesor de Artes Plásticas. Trabajó en dos liceos, de los cuales fue despedido en 1983 "presumiblemente por su apariencia, ya que no hacía mucho esfuerzo por disimular su homosexualidad".
En sus libros aborda fundamentalmente la marginalidad chilena con algunas referencias autobiográficas. Su estilo irreverente, barroco y kitsch lo ha hecho conocid ...more

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Average rating: 4.42 · 24,086 ratings · 3,441 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors
Tengo miedo torero
4.46 avg rating — 16,623 ratings — published 2001 — 57 editions
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Loco afán: Crónicas del sid...
4.40 avg rating — 1,411 ratings — published 1996 — 13 editions
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Adiós Mariquita Linda
4.25 avg rating — 1,155 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions
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Mi amiga Gladys
4.43 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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De Perlas y Cicatrices: Cró...
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Zanjón de la Aguada
4.39 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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Háblame de amores
4.32 avg rating — 572 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
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La esquina es mi corazón: c...
4.15 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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Poco hombre: crónicas reunidas
4.54 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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No tengo amigos, tengo amores
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“Déjame estar triste, es la única forma que conozco de estrujar la felicidad para que después no me pene.”
― Pedro Lemebel, Tengo miedo torero
tags: gay, lgbt, trans, tristeza
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“Hay tantos niños que
van a nacer
con una alita rota
Y yo quiero que vuelen compañero
Que su revolución
les dé un pedazo de
cielo rojo
Para que puedan volar”
― Pedro Lemebel, Loco afán: Crónicas del sidario
tags: comunismo, inspiracion, poesía
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“¿Cómo se mira algo que nunca más se va a ver? ¿Cómo se puede olvidar aquello que nunca se ha tenido?”
― Pedro Lemebel, Tengo miedo torero
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