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- José Donoso was born on October 5, 1924 in Santiago, Chile. He was a writer, known for Coronación (2000), Coronación (1976) and The Place Without Limits (1978). He was married to María Pilar Donoso. He died on December 7, 1996 in Santiago, Chile.
- SpouseMaría Pilar Donoso(1961 - December 7, 1996) (his death)
- His first book, Veraneo y otros cuentos (Summer Vacation and Other Stories), was published in 1955 and won the Premio Municipal de Santiago (Municipal Prize of Santiago) the following year.
- During his childhood he worked as a juggler and an office worker, much before he developed as a writer and teacher.
- Donoso graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Princeton in 1951 after completing a senior thesis titled "The Elegance of Mind of Jane Austen. An Interpretation of Her Novels Through the Attitudes of Heroines.".
- The Princeton magazine, MSS, published his first two stories, both written in English: "The Blue Woman" (1950) and "The Poisoned Pastries" (1951).
- In 1961, he married the painter, writer and translator María del Pilar Serrano (1925-1997), also known as María Esther Serrano Mendieta, daughter of Juan Enrique Serrano Pellé from Chile and Graciela Mendieta Alvarez from Bolivia. Donoso had previously met her in Buenos Aires.
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