Those in power (even if it's only for a little while) known… - Roberto Bolaño

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Those in power (even if it's only for a little while) known nothing about literature, all they care about is power. And I'll play the fool for my readers, if I feel like it, but never for the powerful.

Roberto Bolaño

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About Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes (The Savage Detectives), and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666.

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Native Name: Roberto Bolaño Ávalos

Alternative Names: Roberto Bolano • Roberto Bolaño Avalos

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