Renato Trujillo (Unknown date, 1942 - October 28, 2000) was a Chilean-Canadian poet and writer. He was proficient in many languages. He was fluent in French, English and Spanish, and knowledgeable of Portuguese and Italian. He moved to Quebec in the late 1960s and wrote exclusively in English. His poems were of confessional nature, touching on subjects relating to love, abandonment, solitude, ageing, and transcendence.Hugh Hazelton. "Quebec Hispanico: Themes of Exile and Integration in the Writing of Latin Americans Living in Quebec." ''Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review'', 1994: p. 126. His work has been included in the anthology ''Making a Difference: Canadian Multicultural Literature'' (Toronto: Oxford UP, 1996).

Publications

Poetry

*''Rooms: Milongas for Prince Arthur Street''. Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 1989. *''Poems and Anti-Poems''. Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 1987.

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1942 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Canadian poets Canadian male poets 20th-century Canadian male writers Canadian people of Chilean descent {{Canada-poet-stub