Eugenio Mimica Barassi (4 November 1949 – 27 March 2021) was a Chilean writer, born in

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. He made his literary debut in 1977, with the short story collection ''Comarca fueguina''. In 1979 he published his next book, the short story collection ''Los cuatro dueños'' (

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). Further books are ''Travesía sobre la cordillera Darwin'', ''Un adiós al descontento'', ''Enclave para dislocados'', and ''Tierra del fuego, en días de viento ausente''. He was a member of

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, the Chilean Language Academy, from 2014. Mimica died on 27 March 2021.

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