Alberto Blest Gana



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Alberto Blest Gana

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born
June 16, 1830 in Santiago, Chile

died
November 09, 1920

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction


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Fue un novelista y diplomático chileno, considerado el padre de la novela chilena. Se le considera pionero en Iberoamérica de la novela realista, en la misma cuerda de Balzac y Stendhal. Su producción temprana está empalmada con la tradición romántica. Mantuvo apego por argumentos de tema sentimental, pero con tratamientos que hacen énfasis en la observación social y psicológica. En sus principales obras la trama, imbuida en la "pequeña historia", se enlaza habitualmente con un momento clave de la historia de Chile (en muchos casos, historia reciente para aquel entonces). Escribió novelas realistas en castellano bastante antes de que también así lo hiciera, por ejemplo, Benito Pérez Galdós. Blest Gana también incursionó en poesía, artículos...more


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Average rating: 3.37 · 78 ratings · 8 reviews · 8 distinct works
Martín Rivas
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1862 — 15 editions
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El loco Estero
2.89 of 5 stars 2.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1977
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El Ideal De Un Calavera
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Los trasplantados
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