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Chilean author and poet Roberto Bolaño was born the son of a truck driver and a schoolteacher in 1953. At school the nerdy and nearsighted Bolaño didn't impress his teachers much, and after a family move to Mexico City in 1968, he dropped out to become a journalist. In the coming years, Bolaño covered various left-wing political movements, moving back to Chile to support the socialist leader Salvador Allende.
Despite his radical political involvement, Bolaño was a poet at heart. Together with a bunch of his friends, Bolaño founded the "Visceral Realists" in the early 70s. This group of anti-establishment poets tried to turn their lives into a work of poetry, and in doing so, rejected the cold and uptight institution of Mexican poets such as Octavio Paz. Ultimately, it was with his fiction that Bolaño made his mark upon the literary world. Bolaño got his start in fiction by submitting his short stories to various literary prizes in hopes that he could use the money to support his beloved family. Luckily Bolaño's stories won much critical acclaim, allowing him to settle down and write longer works of fiction.
"The Savage Detectives" and "2666" are Bolaño's most famous novels. His ability to capture the essence of youth in Mexico and compare it with the dark, violent reality of their situation has made him one of the most respected novelists of his time.
"Nothing happened today. And if anything did, I'd rather not talk about it, because I didn't understand it." - "The Savage Detectives"
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