José Alejandro Vladimir Rodríguez Elizondo (born 10 June 1936) is a Chilean lawyer and diplomat who was awarded with the National Prize of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2021. He finished his

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in 1960 at the

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, his alma mater. During the Popular Unity (1970−1973), Rodríguez Elizondo worked in the Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO). Following the 1973 coup d'état, he went into exile to

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, where then he scaped to the

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in mid 1970s. After that, he based in

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from 1977 to 1986, where he worked for

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magazine alongside figures like the writer

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. He has been a columnist in media like

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, liberal e-newspaper. Similarly, he has gained renown through his book «History of the civil-military relationship in Chile», work that has been released in interviews like the developed by Tomás Mosciatti in April 2018.

Early life

In 1952, he finished the

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at the Liceo de Aplicación.

Works

Books

He has written 22 books: * «Vietnam: testimony and analysis». Orbe Editorial,

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, 1968. * «Mithology of the far-left». Austral Editorial,

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, 1971. * «Introduction to the chilean fascism». Ayuso Editorial,

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, 1976. * «Democracy and Human Rights in Latinamerica». Spanish Agency of International Cooperation,

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, 1989. * «The United Nations in Spain».

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Editorial, 1991. * «The crisis of the left-wings in Latinamerica». Co-edited by the Iberoamerican Cooperation Institute and the New Society Editorial, Caracas-

, 1990. * «Vargas Llosa: History of a double patricide». La Noria Editorial, 1993. * «The law is stronger. Chilean civilians and military amid a historical process». Zeta Editorial Group, 1995. * «The Neruda that I met». Aurora Editorial, 2000. * «The Pope and his Jewish brothers». Andrés Bello Editorial, Santiago de Chile, 2001. * «Chile, a case of a successful underdevelopment: from the Fit State of Portales to the State in formation of Lagos». Andrés Bello Editorial, Santiago de Chile, 2002 * «Chile-Perú, the century where we live in danger». La Tercera Mondadori Editorial, Santiago de Chile, 2004. * «The crisis with neighboring countries during Ricardo Lagos government». Random House Mondadori Editorial, 2006. * «From Charaña to The Hague». La Tercera Editorial, Santiago de Chile, 2009. * «Post-The Hague themes». Editorial Planeta, 2010. * «Falklands War. New in progress: 1982−2012». El Mercurio Aguilar, Santiago de Chile, 2012. * «History of two demands: Perú and Bolivia against Chile». El Mercurio Editions, Santiago de Chile, 2014. * «The world also exists: the last two decades of the planet, Chile included». RIL Editors, 2014. * «All about Bolivia». El Mercurio Editions, Santiago de Chile, 2016. * «Selection of Reality and Perspectives». RIL Editors, Santiago de Chile, 2017. * «History of the civil-military relationship in Chile».

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, Santiago de Chile, 2018. * «The day which they killed me». Catalonia Editorial, Santiago de Chile, 2019.

Novels

* «So as not to kill the general». Editorial Planeta, Santiago, 1993. * «The passion of Iñaki». Andrés Bello Editorial, Santiago, 1997.

Stories

* «Nosferatu and other exiles». Aconcagua Editorial, Santiago, 1985. * «A first nude and other tales of humor and wonder». Radio Universidad de Chile Editorial, Santiago, 2007.

References

External links

Profile at Chilean Academy of Sciences
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