About Guillermo Blest Gana
Lived 1829 – 1904 (aged 75). Guillermo Blest Gana was a Chilean poet and diplomat.
Guillermo Blest Gana (28 April 1829 – 7 November 1904) was a Chilean writer, usually considered one of his country's leading exponents of Romantic literature.
Biography Guillermo Blest Gana was born in Santiago in 1829, the son of Chilean aristocrat María de la Luz Gana López and Anglo-Irish doctor William Cunningham Blest, one of the pioneers of the modernization of medicine in Chile in the first half of the 19th century.
Writing Gana is best remembered for his lyrical work. He also dabbled, with less success, in novels, short stories, historical dramas, and zarzuelas. He began publishing poetry at age 19 in the Journal of Santiago. In 1858 he founded the Journal of the Pacific in Valparaíso.
Selected works
Lyrical Poesías, 1854 Armonías, 1884
Novel El número 13, 1869
Drama La conjuración de Almagro, 1858
Zarzuela El pasaporte, 1890
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Who was Guillermo Blest Gana?
Chilean poet (1829–1904)
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Guillermo Blest Gana was born on 28 April 1829 in Santiago.
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Guillermo Blest Gana died on 7 November 1904 in Santiago.
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Guillermo Blest Gana was a poet and diplomat.
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Guillermo Blest Gana was Chilean.
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