Jose Donoso

José Donoso was a Chilean writer. He was born in Santiago de Chile in 1924, and died there in 1996. Donoso lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent some years in self-chosen exile in Mexico, the United States (Iowa) and Spain. After 1973, he claimed his exile was a form of protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

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Donoso is the author of a number of remarkable stories and novels, which contirbuted greatly to the Latin American literary boom and the foundation of the literary movement knows as Magical Realism. His best known works include the novels Coronación, El lugar sin límites (Hell has no Limits) and El obsceno pájaro de la noche (The Obscene Bird of Night). His works deal with a number of themes, including sexuality and psychology. He is also considered an innovative stylist.

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