Antonio Róbinson Saldías González, also known as Don Antonio de Petrel (born 6 May 1951) is a Chilean researcher and writer. He studied philosophy at the

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Works

In 1990, Saldías published the book ''Pichilemu, Mis Fuentes de Información''. Prof. Cesar Caviedes, at the

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of the

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, notes: "a rather insignificant place on the coast of central Chile is "embellished" in the prose of this local writer". Three years later, he published ''Litueche, antes El Rosario''; in 1996, published the anthology ''Pichilemu, Canto de Puetas'', that included popular poems by Pichileminian authors such as Antonio Álvarez Gaete, Gerardo Caroca Tobar, Raimundo León Morales, Miguel Becerra Pavez, Pedro Reyes González, Hugo González Urzúa and himself; and ''Franciscanos en Litueche'' in December 2004. Saldías is a collaborator of ''

El Marino ' (''the marine'', in Spanish) was a Chilean daily newspaper, based in Pichilemu, Cardenal Caro province. It was founded on 14 January 1917 by newspaper editor , and circulated between January and March 1917. During its publication, ' attempted ...

''.

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1951 births Living people People from Pichilemu University of Concepción alumni People from Santiago 20th-century Chilean historians 20th-century Chilean male writers 21st-century Chilean historians 21st-century Chilean male writers 20th-century Chilean poets Chilean male poets {{chile-poet-stub