Luis Sepúlveda

1949 – 2020

Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura (October 4, 1949 – April 16, 2020) was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the 1970s. Sepúlveda was author of poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, French and Italian. In the late 1980s, he conquered the literary scene with his first novel, *The Old Man Who Read Love Novels.*

• The old man who read love stories
• The old man who read love stories
• The story of a seagull and the cat who taught her to fly
• Un viejo que leía novelas de amor
• Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar
• The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
• Historia De Una Gaviota Y Del Gato
• Diario de un killer sentimental
• La frontiera scomparsa
• Le Vieux Qui Lisait Les Romans Damour
• Storia di un cane che insegno a un bambino la fedelta
• Storia di una gabbianella e del gatto che le insegnò a volare