1. Enrique Eduardo Lafourcade Valdenegro was a Chilean writer, critic and journalist from Santiago.
13 Facts About Enrique Lafourcade
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Enrique Lafourcade published at least 24 novels and over a dozen anthologies and collections of short stories and essays.
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Enrique Lafourcade received various literary awards in his country, such as the prestigious Municipal Prize, the Gabriela Mistral Prize and the Maria Luisa Bombal Prize, awarded to the best novel of the year.
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Self-described as "a sentimental anarchist and catholic in a state of wilderness", Enrique Lafourcade was best known as a journalist and critic.
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Enrique Lafourcade appeared in numerous television programs, both as guest and as part of recurring panels of cultural critics.
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Enrique Lafourcade publicly declared himself an "unrelenting enemy of ignorance and incompetence".
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Enrique Lafourcade was believed to have as many enemies as he had friends, to the point that for years rumors circulated of a group of people gathering signatures to "expel Lafourcade from Chile".
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Enrique Lafourcade had a long relationship with Chilean writer and journalist Marta Blanco, with whom he lived for seven years; they were assumed to be married.
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Enrique Lafourcade was the father of three children, Dominique, Octavio, and Nicole.
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Enrique Lafourcade's family has continued the legacy of writers and musicians.
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Enrique Lafourcade's son Octavio was a classical musician, member of the ancient Spanish music group Capella de Ministrers.
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Enrique Lafourcade's daughter Nicole is a poet and literary translator, and member of Cafe Literarte.
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Enrique Lafourcade's brother Gaston Lafourcade is a musician and instructor at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; his niece, Natalia Lafourcade, born in Mexico, has become a well-known singer, composer and rock pop star, recipient of Grammy Awards; and his granddaughter, Colomba Brana Lafourcade, is a Chilean-American singer, composer and environmental activist under the name of ColombaLa.