Max Jara
Maximiliano Jara Troncoso (August 21, 1886 in Yerbas Buenas – July 6, 1965 in Santiago), better known as Max Jara, was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1956. He studied medicine at the University of Chile. He worked as a secretary at the university, where he became an administrative deputy manager. He also worked at the newspapers "El Mercurio" and "El Diario Ilustrado" in Santiago.