Omar Saavedra Santis (15 July 1944 – 23 December 2021) was a Chilean writer. He spent many years in exile in Europe after the

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-backed coup that toppled the government of

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in 1973. He won numerous literary prizes, among them the

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. His daughter is the actress

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. Saavedra died on 23 December 2021, at the age of 77.

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1944 births 2021 deaths Place of birth missing 20th-century Chilean dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Chilean male writers Chilean male dramatists and playwrights Writers from Valparaíso {{Chile-writer-stub