Date of birth: Valparaíso, Chile (30 de noviembre de 1947)
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Chilean poet founder of poetic transrealism in contemporary poetry.

Badilla Castillo was born in Valparaiso, Chile, November 30, 1947. His poetic stile denotes a remarkable influence of the Nordic poetry. Among his works include the books: Lower from my Branch (Short Stories), 1980, The Sign’s Dwelling; 1982; Cantoníric, 1983; Reverberations of Aquatic Stones, 1985; Terrenalis; 1989, Nordic Saga; 1996, The Fearful Gaze of the Bastard 2003;. Transreals Poems and Some Gospels, 2005 and Ok Atacama; 2010 . His literary work was awarded in 2005 , by the District of Columbia U.S with, the International Prize Artomix

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