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Antártico
Un viaje por la tierra y los mares del sur, a través de la memoria y la ficción del autor que retrató con maestría la naturaleza y la vida en la zona más austral del continente americano. Antártico reúne cuentos y relatos inéditos en español de Francisco Coloane. Textos en los que la fuerza de la Patagonia marca el destino de todos los seres que la pueblan. Historias de sobrevivencia, muerte, lucha y aventura de los hombres y mujeres de los archipiélagos, así como también de las pasiones que determinan su actuar y la mitología que forma parte de su realidad diaria. "Al leer estos nuevos relatos escuchamos el barítono profundo y rítmico del habla de Coloane, mezclando recuerdos, sucesos, aventuras riesgosas sobre las olas eternamente inquietas del océano,personajes solitarios o tripulaciones, conversaciones demorosas llenas de historias legendarias". José Miguel Varas
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Francisco Coloane
32 books52 followers"The Jack London of South America"
He was born in the southern Chilean island of Chiloé. Among his most famous works (translated into English, French, Italian, Greek, German, Polish and Dutch) are: "La Tierra del Fuego se Apagó" (Tierra del Fuego Has Burnt Out, 1945), "Golfo de Penas" (Gulf of Sorrow, 1957), "El Camino de la Ballena" (The Whale's Path, 1962), "El Guanaco Blanco" (The White Guanaco, 1980), and "El Corazón del Témpano" (The Heart of the Iceberg, 1991).
Coloane was awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura (Chilean National Prize for Literature) in 1964. In 1997, he was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Republic, where he won considerable notoriety for his work in the 1990s.
Coloane was an active member of the Communist Party of Chile for most of his adult life, and a lover of nature who celebrated his 89th birthday by swimming in the freezing waters of the Pacific Ocean - which in his opinion kept him “vital and active”.
He was born in the southern Chilean island of Chiloé. Among his most famous works (translated into English, French, Italian, Greek, German, Polish and Dutch) are: "La Tierra del Fuego se Apagó" (Tierra del Fuego Has Burnt Out, 1945), "Golfo de Penas" (Gulf of Sorrow, 1957), "El Camino de la Ballena" (The Whale's Path, 1962), "El Guanaco Blanco" (The White Guanaco, 1980), and "El Corazón del Témpano" (The Heart of the Iceberg, 1991).
Coloane was awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura (Chilean National Prize for Literature) in 1964. In 1997, he was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Republic, where he won considerable notoriety for his work in the 1990s.
Coloane was an active member of the Communist Party of Chile for most of his adult life, and a lover of nature who celebrated his 89th birthday by swimming in the freezing waters of the Pacific Ocean - which in his opinion kept him “vital and active”.
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