{"id":706,"date":"2011-02-01T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icdublinlibrary.wordpress.com\/?p=706"},"modified":"2014-01-29T14:37:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T13:37:57","slug":"jorge-edwards-autor-del-mes-author-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/jorge-edwards-autor-del-mes-author-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Edwards: Autor del mes \/ Author of the month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jorge Edwards<\/p><\/div>\n

Jorge Edwards Vald\u00e9s. (Santiago, Chile, 29 de junio de 1931). Escritor, diplom\u00e1tico y periodista chileno.<\/p>\n

El pr\u00f3ximo 3 de marzo participar\u00e1 en nuestro centro en una mesa redonda junto a Luis Alberto de Cuenca y Alicia Mari\u00f1o.\u00a0Estudia en la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Chile y en el Instituto Pedag\u00f3gico de la misma Universidad, posteriormente realiza sus estudios de postgrado en la Universidad de Princeton.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Diplom\u00e1tico de carrera ente 1957 y 1973, ocupa diferentes puestos: primer secretario en Par\u00eds (1962-1967), consejero en Lima (1970), encargado de Negocios en La Habana (1970-1971) y ministro consejero en Par\u00eds (1971-1973).\u00a0Tras el golpe de estado de Chile, en 1973 sale del Servicio Exterior y se marcha a Barcelona, donde trabaja como Director Editorial de Difusora Internacional y colabora como asesor en la Editorial Seix Barral.\u00a0Funda, y posteriormente preside, el Comit\u00e9 de Defensa de la Libertad de Expresi\u00f3n, formado por escritores y periodistas. Entre 1994 y 1997 es embajador ante la Unesco en Par\u00eds, siendo miembro del Consejo Ejecutivo de la Unesco y Presidente del Comit\u00e9 de Convenciones y Recomendaciones (1995-1997), que se ocupa de los derechos humanos.\u00a0Como escritor es autor de numerosas novelas, cuentos y ensayos.\u00a0Destacan, entre otras obras, El peso de la noche, La mujer imaginaria, El origen del mundo, Gente de la ciudad, Las m\u00e1scaras, Adios, poeta…<\/p>\n

\u00a0Algunos de sus libros han sido traducidos a diversos idiomas. Colabora en diversos diarios europeos y latinoamericanos, como Le Monde, El Pa\u00eds, Corriere della Sera, La Naci\u00f3n o Clar\u00edn, de Buenos Aires. Es miembro del consejo de redacci\u00f3n de las revistas Vuelta y Letras Libres de M\u00e9xico y\u00a0 ha dictado cursos sobre temas latinoamericanos en diversas universidades norteamericanas (Chicago, Georgetown) y europeas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona).<\/p>\n

En 2010, el Rey Juan Carlos acord\u00f3 concederle la nacionalidad espa\u00f1ola.<\/p>\n

Es actualmente el embajador de Chile en Francia.<\/p>\n

El pr\u00f3ximo 3 de marzo participar\u00e1 en nuestro centro en una mesa redonda junto a Luis Alberto de Cuenca y Alicia Mari\u00f1o.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Jorge Edwards Vald\u00e9s, (Santiago de Chile, Chile, 29th June, 1931), is a Chilean writer, diplomat and journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n

He will visit the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin the 3rd of March 2011 to participate in a round table discussion.\u00a0Jorge Edwards studied in the Faculty of Law in the University of Chile and the Teaching Institute of the same university, later carrying out post-graduate study in the University of Princeton.<\/span><\/p>\n

A career diplomat from 1957 to 1973, he occupied various posts: first secretary in Paris (1962-1967), counsellor in Lima (1970), head of Trade in Havana (1970-1971), and minister-counsellor in Paris (1971-1973).\u00a0Following the coup-d\u2019\u00e9tat in Chile, in 1973, he left the Foreign Service and headed for Barcelona, where he worked as editor-in-chief for Difusora Internacional publishing house and advisor to Seix Barral.<\/span><\/p>\n

He founded, and later presided, the Committee for the Protection of Free Speech, made up of writers and journalists. From 1994 to 1997, he was ambassador delegate to UNESCO in Paris, as a member of UNESCO\u2019s executive council and President of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (1995-1997), the department responsible for human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has written numerous novels, short stories and essays. Some of his most acclaimed are El peso de la noche, La mujer imaginaria, El origen del mundo, Gente de la ciudad, Las m\u00e1scaras, and Adios, poeta…<\/span><\/p>\n

Several of his books have been translated into many languages. He contributes to various European and Latin-American newspapers, such as Le Monde, El Pa\u00eds, Corriere della Sera, La Naci\u00f3n and Clar\u00edn, from Buenos Aires.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is on the editing boards of Mexican periodicals Vuelta and Letras Libres, and has lectured on Latin-American issues in several universities across the US (Chicago, Georgetown etc.) and in Europe (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona).<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2010 Edwards was granted Spanish citizenship by King Juan Carlos.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is currently ambassador to Chile in France.<\/span><\/p>\n

He will visit the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin the 3rd of March 2011 to participate in a round table discussion with Luis Alberto de Cuenca and Alicia Mari\u00f1o<\/a><\/p>\n

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