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Chilean writer, poet, mathematician, and physicist (1914-2018)

Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean poet, mathematician, and physicist.

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Native Name: Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval

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I do physics in order to earn my living, and I do poetry in order to keep alive.