Coronavirus: Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda dies after spending more than a month in hospital

The Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda died in Spain this Thursday from a coronavirus, as confirmed by his family.

Sepulveda, who was diagnosed with an infection in late February, was admitted to the Central University Hospital of Asturias in northern Spain.

Writer 70 years symptoms began to manifest on February 25, after returning from a literary festival held in Porto, a city in northern Portugal, as reported at the time by the General Directorate of Health of Portugal (DGS),

• Coronavirus: Chilean writer Louis Sepulveda was diagnosed with covid-19

The regional government of Asturias, the Spanish community in which the writer resided, reported this as first case of coronavirus this community Autonomous, Saturday February 29th.

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At that time, it was reported that Sepulveda was stable and his wife, the poet Carmen Janes, had the same symptoms. Yanyes subsequently made a negative diagnosis.

The Portuguese authorities contacted all the people who communicated with Sepulveda as part of the Correntes d’Escritas literary festival to learn about the situation.

Writer’s health has worsened in recent weekss, not responding to sequential treatment or antibiotics, and adding other pathologies and problems associated with various vital organs to initial pneumonia, according to health sources cited by the EFE agency.

His death was disclosed in a statement published by his family, in which they also thanked the hospital staff for their attention and dedication.

The Sepulveda, who left Chile in 1975 – two years after the Augusto Pinochet military coup – stood out themnovels “The old man who reads love stories” and “The story of a seagull and a cat who taught him how to fly”among other works.