Fidel Sepúlveda Llanos (San José, Cobquecura, Chile, November 20, 1936 - Santiago, September 27, 2006) was a poet, researcher, Spanish and literary aesthetics professor, PhD in Hispanic Philology for the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Member of the Chilean Academy of Language.
At eleven years old he entered as a seminarian in the Franciscan fathers, first in Chillán then in Santiago, where he studied Latin, classical philosophy and theology where he stayed until twenty-one.
For twenty years he organized and directed the Program Traditional Arts and Culture , first in 1982 in the city of Concepción and later at the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago (1987-2003).
He made numerous trips to foreign universities in their task of teaching and dissemination of Chilean culture and identity (Spain, Germany, France, Mexico, Bulgaria, etc.).
Among the awards he received are: the International Prize Ibero-American Cooperation for best Latin dissertation in 1981 with his "Teoría de América en la novela actual" ("Theory of America in the current novel"), Prize Chilean Academy of Language for best literary creation of 1990 with his "A lo Humano y a lo divino" ("in the Human and the Divine"), his appointment as Full Member of the Chilean Academy of Language ( 1998) and the nomination to the "Premio a lo chileno"(2004) for his contribution to research and reflection on national identity and its artistic expressions.