Max Jara
Illustration — Max Jara Maximiliano Jara Troncoso (August 21, 1886 in Yerbas Buenas – July 6, 1965 in Santiago), better known as Max Jara, was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1956. He studied medicine at the University of Chile.
Also recorded as Maximiliano Jara Troncoso
Max Jara
- Full name
- José Maximiliano Jara Troncoso.
- Born
- 1884. · Yerbas Buenas.
- Died
- 1965. · Santiago.
- Nationality
- Chile.
- Occupation
- writer and poet.
- Fields
- poetry.
- Honours
- National Prize for Literature (Chile).
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Illustration — Max Jara Maximiliano Jara Troncoso (August 21, 1886 in Yerbas Buenas – July 6, 1965 in Santiago), better known as Max Jara, was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1956. He studied medicine at the University of Chile.
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Recorded at birth as José Maximiliano Jara Troncoso. Also worked under the name Max Jara. Born at Yerbas Buenas in 1884, died in Santiago in 1965.
The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. Work by Max Jara is recorded in the collections of Memoria Chilena. Distinctions recorded are National Prize for Literature (Chile).
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