Ávalos was Bolaño's middle name. Roberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist, poet, and short story writer. He was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1953 and died in Barcelona, Spain, in 2003. Bolaño is best known for his novels "The Savage Detectives" and "2666".
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