Chile. He was born in Valparaíso on October 25, 1884. His father was Chilean and died in the War of the Pacific when the author was five years old. His mother was Peruvian, which is why he lived in Lima and had an unhappy childhood and adolescence in Peru, due to the rejection his dual nationality provoked in other children. Although he published some plays, it was "The Boy Who Went Mad with Love" that brought him fame and allowed him to work as an editor for various magazines and be part of the Los Diez group. In 1925, he joined the National Library, where he became director and later assumed the position of Minister of Education. He subsequently retired from public service and dedicated himself to agriculture, always writing novels, short stories, and plays, in addition to contributing to national newspapers. Some of his notable works include "A Lost One," "Brother Donkey," "Great Lord and Devil Slasher," "Tamarugal," and "What Life Denies." In 1946, he received the National Literature Prize, and in 1949, the Atenea Prize awarded by the University of Concepción. In 1953, he was inducted into the Chilean Academy of the Language. He died in Santiago on September 13, 1963.