Eduardo Barrios (October 25, 1884 in

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– September 13, 1963 in Santiago), was a

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an writer and poet.

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After his father's death, at the age of 5 his family moved to

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until the age of 15. After high school he joined the Chilean Military School but quit before graduating as an officer. He spent much of his young adulthood travelling throughout Latin America doing a colorful array of jobs to earn a living. By 1915 he was back in Chile working for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including

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, Zig Zag, revista Pacifico and revista Atenea. From 1925 to 1959 he held various positions in government, museums and the local Press. He was elected to the Chilean, Argentinian and the Brazilian Academy of Writers. He obtained the

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in 1946.

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* Del natural, cuento, 1907 * Mercedes en el tiempo, teatro, 1910 * Lo que niega la vida y por el decoro, teatro, 1913 * El niño que enloqueció de amor, novela, 1915 * Vivir, teatro, 1916 * Un Perdido, novela, 1917 * Papá y mamá, cuento, 1920 * El Hermano Asno, novela, 1922 * Páginas de un pobre diablo, cuento, 1923 * Y la vida sigue, novela, 1925 * Tamarugal, novela 1944 * Teatro escogido, 1947 * Gran Señor y Rajadiablos, novela, 1948 * Los Hombres del Hombre, 1950

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