Writer Luis Sepulveda, Who Escaped Pinochet’s Dictatorship And Sailed With Greenpeace, Has Died At 70

Sepúlveda, who died of complications from Covid-19 in Spain, was imprisoned by the Chilean dictator’s regime and then was released to house arrest before he escaped, living underground for nearly a year before being recaptured and sentenced to 28 years in prison. He fled again and was stripped of his Chilean citizenship until 2017 – but he never returned. “Sepúlveda’s works, appreciated for their simple humour and depictions of life in South America, have been translated in some 50 countries and range from novels and screenplays to children’s stories.” – The Guardian (AFP)