Roberto Bolano (English, Electronic book text, Bolano Roberto)

Melville House Publishing

2011

<br/><b>Roberto Bola&ntilde;o </b>(1950&ndash;2003) was a Chilean poet, novelist, and essayist. His translated work includes <i>Amulet, By Night in Chile, Distant Star, Nazi Literature in the Americas, The Savage Detectives,2666, Last Evenings on Earth, The Romantic Dogs, </i>and <i>The Skating Rink</i>. His last years were spent in Blanes, on Spain&rsquo;s Mediterranean coast.<br/> <b>&#160;</b><br/> <b>Marcela Valdes</b> s a contributing editor at <i>Publishers Weekly </i>and the books editor for <i>The Washington Examiner</i>. In 2000, she co-founded <i>Cr&iacute;ticas</i>, a U.S. magazine devoted to the coverage of Spanish-language books, and in 2009 she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in Arts &amp; Culture Journalism at Harvard University. Her writing appears regularly <i>in The Washington Post </i>and <i>The Nation</i>, among other publications.<br/> &#160;<br/> Translator<b> Sybil Perez</b>, a native of Chicago, is an editor at <i>Stop Smiling </i>magazine, a post she has held for over ten years