Patricio Jara
Patricio Jara nació en Antofagasta en 1974. Ha publicado las novelas El sangrador (Alfaguara, 2002), con la que obtuvo ese mismo año el premio Mejor Novela Inédita del Consejo Nacional del Libro y la Lectura; De aquí se ve tu casa (Alfaguara, 2004), El mar enterrado (2005), El exceso (Alfaguara, 2007), Prat (2009) y Quemar un pueblo (Alfaguara, 2009). Es periodista y escribe reportajes para la revista El Sábado de El Mercurio y Rolling Stone
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Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
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Après deux années de classe préparatoire Cinésup à Nantes, elle entre à l’École Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière. Elle obtient son diplôme en 1998.
Elle écrit et réalise des courts-métrages, puis deux longs-métrages : "À la folie... pas du tout (2002) avec Audrey Tautou, Samuel le Bihan et Isabelle Carré, qui remporte le Prix Sopadin Junior du Meilleur Scénario, puis "Mes stars et moi" (2008) avec Kad Merad et Catherine Deneuve.
Elle est également comédienne à la télévision et au cinéma, dans une douzaine de longs métrages, dont "Cloclo" de Florent Emilio Siri, sorti en 2012.
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Andrés Montero
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En 2017 obtuvo el X Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Elena Poniatowska de la Ciudad de México por la novela Tony Ninguno, y en 2022 recibió el Premio del Círculo de Críticos de Arte, el Premio de la Academia de la Lengua y el Premio Mejores Obras Literarias del Ministerio de las Culturas por La muerte viene estilando.
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Patricia Cerda
See Patricia Cerda Pincheira (Concepción, 1961), writer, historian and essayist
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