Nicanor Parra Sandoval

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Chilean^[1] b. 5 September 1914, San Fabián de Alico, Chile^[1] d. 23 January 2018, La Reina, Santiago, Chile^[1] active 1935–2018

Nicanor Parra Sandoval was a prominent Chilean poet, physicist, mathematician, and intellectual. He is widely recognized as the creator of 'antipoetry,' a literary movement that challenged traditional poetic forms through irony, colloquial language, and everyday imagery. Born in San Fabián de Alico, he studied physics and mathematics at the University of Chile before pursuing postgraduate studies in Europe and the United States. His work has had a profound influence on Spanish-language literature across the Americas. He received numerous prestigious awards, including the National Prize for Literature in 1969 and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2011, which is considered the most important literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.^[1,2]

• antipoetry
• irony
• colloquialism
• everyday life