Efraín Barquero

Efraín Barquero (3 May 1931 – 29 June 2020) was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2008. He worked in Colombia during the government of Salvador Allende. In France he wrote "A deshora" between 1979 and 1985, which was later published in Chile in 1992. During this time he also wrote "Mujeres de oscuro" and "El viejo y el niño".
Barquero died in Santiago de Chile on 29 June 2020 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aged 89.