Petit, Magdalena (1900–1968)
Petit, Magdalena (1900–1968)
Chilean novelist, essayist and shortstory writer. Name variations: Magdalena Petit Marfán. Born 1900 in Santiago, Chile; died 1968 in Chile; dau. of a physician.
As part of Chile's literary "Generation of 1927," was best known for La Quintrala (1930), the historical novel of Doña Catalina de los Ríos, for which she won the La Nación prize; also wrote Don Diego Portales (1937), Los Pincheira (1939), Caleuche (1946), Un hombre en el universo (1951) and El patriota Manuel Rodríguez (1951).
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