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Antonio Skarmeta<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Antonio Sk\u00e1rmeta was born on November 7, 1940, in Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile. He pursued studies in Philosophy and Literature at the University of Chile and completed his graduate degree at Columbia University in New York, focusing his thesis on the novel of Julio Cort\u00e1zar. In 1967, he released his initial collection of short stories, titled “El entusiasm,” and two years later, he was awarded the Casa de las Am\u00e9ricas prize for his volume of short stories, “Desnudo en el tejado.” Before the military coup in Chile in 1973, Sk\u00e1rmeta worked as a literature professor and a theater director. However, after the coup, he was compelled to leave Chile and lived first in Argentina and later in West Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his time in Argentina in 1973, he published another collection of stories called “Tiro libre.” His first book published in exile was “I dreamed that the snow was burning” in 1975, followed by the novel “Nothing happened” in 1980. Additionally, he adapted a script for German director Peter Lilienthal, resulting in the novel “The Insurrection.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While residing in Germany, Sk\u00e1rmeta began crafting the story of Neruda’s postman, initially for German radio and then as a screenplay. The story was eventually released as a book titled “Burning Patience” and later adapted into a second film version. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1994 and received five Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1989, Sk\u00e1rmeta returned to Santiago de Chile following his lengthy exile in Germany. He started hosting the TV show “The Book Show,” which later transformed into “La torre de papel” and was broadcast weekly from the United States to numerous Latin American countries starting in April 1998. He also served as a professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, specializing in Spanish American Literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1999, he published “The Poet’s Wedding,” and the following year he was appointed as Chile’s ambassador to Germany. In 2001, he released the sequel to “The Poet’s Wedding,” titled “The Girl with the Trombone.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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