![]() ![]() His first book, a short story collection titled Crónica de Pedro Nadie ( Chronicle of Pedro Nobody), was published in 1969 when he was in his early twenties. His capabilities as a writer have always been evident even when he was younger. While his younger years were marked by his activism, Sepúlveda was also a prolific writer. ![]() ![]() When the opportunity presented itself, he escaped from Chile and lived in different South American nations while staying active as a journalist and political activist. His sentence was reduced, again with the intervention of the AI. He would again be arrested but now for a heavier offense of treason, for which the government has meted him a life sentence. However, nothing was stopping him from being part of the underground movement. Sepúlveda got arrested and tortured but through the intervention of Amnesty International (AI), he was put under house arrest. However, his halcyon days saw their end when President Allende was overthrown by General Augusto Pinochet. As a student, he was politically active and has even held government positions during the term of President Salvador Allende. Luis Sepúlveda has always lived on the edge. ![]()
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