Diamela Eltit is a Chilean writer and university professor. She is a recipient of the National Prize for Literature.
José Manuel Donoso Yáñez, known as José Donoso, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and Spain. Although he had left his country in the sixties for personal reasons, after 1973 he said his exile was also a form of protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He returned to Chile in 1981 and lived there until his death.
Selva lirica is an anthology published in 1917 by the Chilean Julio Molina Nuñez.
The fifth annual Altazor Awards took place on 5 April 2004, at the Centro Cultural Matucana 100. The nominees were announced on 22 January.
Paulina García Alfonso, better known as Pali García, is a Chilean actress, stage director, and playwright.
Pablo Andrés Illanes Tapia is a Chilean writer, screenwriter, journalist and film director, principally known as the creator of various successful telenovelas, including Adrenalina, Machos, Alguien te mira, ¿Dónde está Elisa? and Conde Vrolok.
Andrea María Velasco Alessandri is a Chilean film, theater and television actress and singer of Italian descent. She is well known for her work in romantic comedies, late night TV shows, and recently, her music career.
Alejandra Costamagna Crivelli is a Chilean writer and journalist.
Bélgica Castro Sierra was a Chilean stage, film, and television actress.
Claudia Irene Celedón Ureta is a Chilean television, film, and theater actress. She is the winner of an Altazor Award for best theater actress for her role in the play Mujer gallina, and was awarded at the Cartagena International Film Festival for her role in Old Cats. She is the mother of the actress Andrea García-Huidobro, and ex-wife of Cristián García-Huidobro.
Ramón Griffero Sánchez is a Chilean playwright and theater director, one of the most prominent in his country. He is considered an emblematic figure of the national theater during the 1980s; his earliest productions are associated with cultural and political resistance to the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Patricia Paola Fernández Silanes, better known as Nona Fernández, is a Chilean actress, author, and screenwriter. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, and the Altazor prize.
Pía Barros Bravo is a Chilean writer, best known for her short stories. She is associated with her country's literary Generation of '80.
Paulina Marcela Urrutia Fernández is a Chilean actress, academic, director, trade union leader, and politician. She was a State Minister of the first government of President Michelle Bachelet.
Marco Antonio de la Parra is a Chilean psychiatrist, writer, and dramatist. Many of his works, which are strongly influenced by the country's 1973–90 military regime, satirize the national condition through metaphors. He is the author of more than 70 titles translated into several languages, including plays, novels, storybooks, and essays.
Nelly Lucinda Consuelo Meruane Solano was a distinguished Chilean actress and teacher whose career spanned 65 years. For 20 years she was a member of the stable cast of the Teatro Ensayo of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Solange Lackington Gangas is a Chilean actress, director and playwright of film, theater and television. She studied theater at the School of Theater of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. At just 20 years old, she made her debut on television, acting in telenovelas such as La torre 10 (1984) and Bellas y audaces (1988), alongside figures such as Sonia Viveros, Lucy Salgado and Luis Alarcón. During this period, she collaborated with the producer Sonia Fuchs in the Dramatic Area of Televisión Nacional de Chile. She achieved great popularity by playing Estrellita on the daily series Los Venegas. However, her consecration was due to her joining the Dramatic Area of Channel 13, acting in telenovelas such as Sabor a ti, Piel canela, Machos and Brujas. In this period, she achieved a season of great awards for her work, including Apes Awards and Altazor Awards. In 2017, she assumed the title role in Edward Franklin Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?. Her performance in this play earned her positive reviews. A year later, she played Gabriela Mistral in Andrés Kalawski's Mistral, Gabriela, 1945.
Pablo Alfonso Schwarz Rabinovich is a Chilean actor, noted for his extensive television, theater and film career.
Claudio Alejandro Marcelo Arredondo Medina is a Chilean film, theater and television actor and politician.
Elvira Hernández is a Chilean poet, essayist, and literary critic.
