Antwerp

Roberto Bolaño was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1953. As a teenager, he moved to Mexico City, returning to his native country shortly before the coup that deposed Salvador Allende in 1973. He then settled in Spain, where he dedicated the last ten years of his life to writing, building a unique literary universe in an unmistakable and irreverent style, in which violence, marginality, sexuality, literature, and exile are recurring themes. With more than twenty works including novels, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction, and winner of numerous awards, Bolaño became a cult author acclaimed by critics and readers alike, unanimously considered the most important literary voice of Latin America in his generation.