José Donoso

José Donoso was a Chilean writer whose short stories and novels contributed greatly to the Latin American literary boom. His best known books are Coronation, Hell Has No Limits and The Obscene Bird of Night, alongside A House in the Country and The Garden Next Door. He spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and Spain, and returned to Chile in 1981, living there until his death in 1996. His fiction is known for dark humor and its interest in sexuality, identity and psychology.