Germán Marín

Germán Marín (* 1934 in Santiago de Chile , Chile ; † December 29, 2019 there ) was a Chilean writer .

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Germán Marín first attended a military academy where Augusto Pinochet , who later became dictator of Chile, was his instructor.

Then he broke off his military training and went to study in Buenos Aires , where he studied communication sciences at the university there and met Jorge Luis Borges . After completing his studies, he returned to Chile, where he initially worked as a journalist for various newspapers that supported the government of Salvador Allende .

After the military coup in 1973 he first went to Mexico , where he continued to work as a journalist, and in 1976 he moved to Barcelona , where he also worked as a journalist. In 1992 he returned to Chile.

His first novel was published in 1973 and was burned by the military junta. In Mexico he also worked with Gabriel Garcia Marquez . He cultivated friendships with the poets Enrique Lihn and Matias Rivas .

The last years of his life were marked by illness; reading and writing became increasingly difficult for him. His last book was published in early December 2019, a volume with short stories.

At the end of 2019, Marín died in Santiago de Chile at the age of 85.

Awards (selection)

Premio Municipal de Santiago, 2000
Premio de Critica de la universiadad Diego Portales, 2005
Premio Altenea, 2008

Works (selection)

Fuegos artificales (Fireworks), novel, 1973
El Palacio de la risa (The Palace of Laughter), 1995, novel
Idola, non-fiction book, 2000
Un oscuro pedazo de vida, short stories, 2019

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personal data
SURNAME	Marín, German
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chilean journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Santiago de Chile , Chile
DATE OF DEATH	29th December 2019
Place of death	Santiago de Chile , Chile