José Donoso was born in Santiago de Chile in 1924 and received an upper-class education in Chile and at Princeton University in the USA, returning to Chile in 1952 to teach English to the young of the privileged class. He began publishing with short stories in his early thirties and his first novel

Coronación

(

Coronation

) came out in 1957 when he was thirty three. It was followed by

Este domingo

(

This Sunday

) and

El lugar sin límites

(

Hell Has No Limits

) in 1966. 1970 saw

El obsceno pájaro de la noche

(

The Obscene Bird of the Night

), his most ambitious novel.

Historia personal del “boom”

(1972) (

The Boom in Spanish-American Literature. A Personal History

) gives fascinating insights into the movement from one of its members. His later novels and novellas include:

Tres novelitas

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Citation: Shaw, Donald Leslie. "José Donoso". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 May 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11977, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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