Joaquín Edwards Bello

Joaquín Edwards Bello (1887–1968) was a Chilean writer and journalist of British descent.

Life

Edwards Bello was born in Valparaíso, one of the most important ports in Chile. His family, the Edwards, is still one of the most influential in the country. Joaquín studied at The Mackay School and later at the Liceo Eduardo de la Barra. To complete his education, his family decided in 1904 to send him to Europe. His first novel, El inútil (The Useless One would be the translation), generated such reactions in Santiago that he emigrated to Brazil for some time. The main character was Eduardo Briset Lacerda, a rich young man with social conscience, like Edwards.

Awards

• Premio Atenea, Universidad de Concepción (1932)
• Premio Marcial Martínez (1934)
• Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile (1943)
• Premio Nacional de Periodismo de Chile (1959)
• Decoration Hijo Ilustre de Valparaíso (1958)

Bibliography

• El inútil (Santiago, Imprenta y Litografía Universo, 1910)
• El mounstruo: novela de costumbres chilenas (Imprenta La Ilustración)
• El roto (Santiago, Editorial Chilena, 1920)
• La muerte de Vanderbilt (Cóndor, 1922)
• El nacionalismo continental (Madrid, Imp. G. Hernández y Galo Sáez, 1925; ampliada con 2ª y 3ª partes, Santiago, Ediciones Ercilla, 1935)
• El chileno en Madrid (Santiago, Nascimento, 1928)
• Cap Polonio (La novela nueva, 1929)
• Valparaíso, la ciudad del viento (Santiago, Nascimento, 1931).
• Criollos en París (Santiago, Nascimento, 1933)
• La chica del Crillón (Santiago, Ercilla, 1935)
• Crónicas (Santiago, Zig-Zag, 1964)

See also

• Edwards family

External links

• Template:Es icon Memoria Chilena - Joaquín Edwards Bello