Jorge Edwards

Jorge Edwards Valdés (29 June 1931 – 17 March 2023)[1] was a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat.

During the presidency of Salvador Allende, Edwards reopened the Chilean embassy in Havana,Cuba, but only three months later, he decided to leave the island.

[3] In 2010, Edwards was granted Spanish citizenship by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

Jorge Edwards wrote for several newspapers in Chile and Latin America (La Nación, Buenos Aires) and Europe (Le Monde, Paris; and El País, Madrid).

A large portion of his journalistic work has been collected in two books: He has also written essays and biographies: Jorge Edwards taught a course at the University of Chicago during the autumn quarter of 2008.