Antonio Skármeta





Antonio Skármeta

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born
November 07, 1940 in Antofagasta, Chile, Chile

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Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic) is a Chilean writer, born November 7, 1940 in Antofagasta, Chile. He was born to Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, region of Dalmatia.

His 1985 novel and film[1] Ardiente paciencia ("Ardent Patience") inspired the 1994 Academy Award-winning movie, Il Postino (The Postman). Subsequent editions of the book bore the title El cartero de Neruda (Neruda's Postman). His fiction has since received dozens of awards and has been translated into nearly thirty languages worldwide.

Skármeta studied philosophy and literature both in Chile and at Columbia University in New York. From 1967 to 1973, the year he left Chile (first to Buenos Aires and later to West Berlin), he taught l...more


Average rating: 3.80 · 1,530 ratings · 202 reviews · 35 distinct works
The Postman: Il Postino
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 1,094 ratings — published 1985 — 55 editions
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The Dancer and the Thief
3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions
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The Composition
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فتاة الترومبون
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions
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O carteiro de pablo neruda
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Une Ardente Patience
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2005
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No pasó nada
3.03 of 5 stars 3.03 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1979 — 11 editions
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La boda del poeta
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions
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Los Días Del Arcoiris
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Los dias del arco iris
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3.18 of 5 stars 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011
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“pensé en todos los que habitan en las ciudades y en quienes van de una ciudad a otra, de un país a otro, de un planeta a otro planeta, como si en algún lado las cosas fueran a ser mejor, como si en algún lado uno pudiera sacarse los zapatos, y sin temer nunca más, equilibrado en su destino, manejándolo en el puño, palpando diractamente el valor y la gallardía en los latidos calientes de la esperanza, decir aquí me quedo y nada me moverá”
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