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Salvador Reyes Figueroa was a Chilean writer who won the National Literature Prize 1967. ==Biography== He was born in Copiapó to Arturo Reyes and Luisa Figueroa on August 16, 1899. His first studies are at the Instituto Comercial de Antofagasta (Antofagasta Commercial College).〔Translated from Escritores.cl, (Salvador Reyes Figueroa Biography ) (Spanish in the original), retrieved on June 3, 2009, with the written consent of the copyright holder, according to the statement found on the said page:.〕 He travelled by the North of his country, then lived in Valparaíso. By the end of 1920, he migrated to Santiago, where immediately started working as a successful journalist. He wrote for ''Zig-Zag'', ''Las Últimas Noticias'', and ''Hoy'' under the nickname "Simbad".〔 In 1928 he co-founded the magazine ''Letras'' along with Ángel Cruchaga Santa María, Manuel Eduardo Hübner, Luis Enrique Délano and Hernán del Solar. According to some researches, this publication would gather the best writers of its time together.〔Armando Roa Vial (1998) (''Peregrinajes literarios en Francia'' ), ''Editorial Universitaria'', 1998, ISBN 956-11-1386-4, ISBN 978-956-11-1386-2, page 147. Retrieved on July 1, 2009.〕 In 1939, President Pedro Aguirre Cerda anointed him as consul in Paris. Eventually he also had high diplomatic positions in Barcelona, London, Rome, Haiti〔 and Athens.〔 Reyes was member of the Chilean Academy of Language between 1960 and 1970.〔(Academia Chilena de la Lengua, Nómina de Miembros ) (Only in Spanish), retrieved on June 30, 2009〕 He obtained the National Literature Prize in 1967. He died in Santiago, on February 27, 1970.〔 His ashes were cast to the sea in front of Antofagasta.〔 Memoria Chilena, (Salvador Reyes (1899-1970), Presentación ), retrieved on June 30, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salvador Reyes Figueroa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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