Jorge Edwards is a Chilean novelist and journalist. He was born on June 29, 1931. He went to Law School at Universidad de Chile. During the presidency of Salvador Allende, Edwards reopened the Chilean embassy in Havana, Cuba. But only three months later, the government of Fidel Castro declared him persona non grata. As a result of this episode he wrote what is perhaps his most famous novel, Persona non grata (1971). In June 1994, Edwards accepted the post of Ambassador for Chile before the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which has its headquarters in Paris, a city where Edwards resided for many years. Edwards currently lives in Santiago de Chile. For further information about Jorge Edwards's literary trajectory please see: http://manchester.cervantes.es/en/library_spanish/jorge_edwards_biography.shtm
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