Roberto Bolaño Death
Roberto passed away on July 14, 2003 at the age of 50.
When did Roberto Bolaño die?
July 14, 2003How old was Roberto Bolaño when died?
50
Roberto Bolaño Birthday and Date of Death
Roberto Bolaño was born on April 28, 1953 and died on July 14, 2003. Roberto was 50 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: April 28, 1953
Date of Death: July 14, 2003
Age at Death: 50
Roberto Bolaño - Biography
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos ( audio ) (28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes (The Savage Detectives), and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes as a "work so rich and dazzling that it will surely draw readers and scholars for ages." He was described by the New York Times as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation."
