Eugenio Mimica Barassi

Eugenio Mimica Barassi (4 November 1949 – 27 March 2021) was a Chilean writer, born in Santiago.

Eugenio Mimica Barassi
Born(1949-11-04)4 November 1949
Santiago, Chile
Died27 March 2021(2021-03-27) (aged 71)
Occupation(s)Writer (novelist, short story writer)
AwardsSantiago Municipal Literature Award (1980)

He made his literary debut in 1977, with the short story collection Comarca fueguina.[1] In 1979 he published his next book, the short story collection Los cuatro dueños (Santiago Municipal Literature Award). Further books are Travesía sobre la cordillera Darwin, Un adiós al descontento, Enclave para dislocados, and Tierra del fuego, en días de viento ausente.[2]

He was a member of Academia Chilena de la Lengua, the Chilean Language Academy, from 2014.[3][4]

Mimica died on 27 March 2021.[5]

References

edit
  1. ^ Comarca fueguina. OCLC 253322658. Retrieved 30 March 2021 – via worldcat.org.
  2. ^ "Fallece el miembro de número de la Academia, Eugenio Mimica". academiachilenadelalengua.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Nómina de miembros". institutodechile.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Escritor magallánico Eugenio Mimica Barassi se incorpora a la Academia Chilena de la Lengua". laprensaaustral.cl (in Spanish). 15 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  5. ^ "A los 71 años muere el escritor magallánico Eugenio Mimica Barassi". laprensaaustral.cl (in Spanish). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.