Luis Sepúlveda

Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura (October 4, 1949 – April 16, 2020) was a Chilean writer and journalist."Luis Sepúlveda", biografyasvidas.com/ Retrieved 6 August 2016

In 1988 he won the Tigre Juan Award for his novel Un viejo que leía novelas de amor, and in 2009 he won the Premio Primavera de Novela for his novel La sombra de lo que fuimos."Entrevista con Luis Sepúlveda: Premio Primavera de Novela por 'La sombra de lo que fuimos'", El País, 3 April 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2016

On March 1, 2020, he was confirmed as the first man in the Asturias, Spain infected by COVID-19, following travel in Portugal."El escritor chileno Luis Sepúlveda, primer afectado por coronavirus en Asturias", El País, 1 March 2020. He died from the infection on April 16, 2020.El escritor chileno Luis Sepúlveda muere con coronavirus en Oviedo 

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