Francisco Coloane
Francisco Coloane Crdenas was a Chilean novelist and short fiction writer whose works have been translated into many languages. Some of his books were adapted to theatre and film.
He was born in the southern Chilean island of Chilo, and his literary career expanded from Perros, Caballos y Hombres in 1935 to the publication of his memoirs Los Pasos del Hombre in 2000.
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