Omar Saavedra Santis (15 July 1944 – 23 December 2021) was a Chilean writer.

He spent many years in exile in Europe after the CIA-backed coup that toppled the government of Salvador Allende in 1973.

His daughter is the actress Catalina Saavedra.

[1] Saavedra died on 23 December 2021, at the age of 77.

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