Óscar Arturo Hahn Garcés (born 5 July 1938) is a Chilean writer and poet, and a member of the literary generation of the 1960s.

[citation needed] He received his primary and secondary education in Iquique, Chile at the Don Bosco Salesian College and the Lyceum of Men.

In 1961, at only 22 years old, he won the Society of Chilean Writers' Alerce Prize for the work This Black Rose (Esta Rosa Negra).

[9] He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Maryland College Park,[9] and between 1978 and 1988 he collaborated in the composition of the Handbook of Latin American Studies issued by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.[citation needed] In 1988, Hahn then moved to Iowa City and began teaching at The University of Iowa.

[citation needed] He is a member of the Chilean Academy of Language,[10] and sat on the organizing committee for the Comités del V Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española (CILE).