'The Old Man Reading a Love Novel' Sep?lveda Dies from COVID-19

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] Luis Sep?lveda (photo), a world-renowned writer born in Chile, died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Spain after being infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). He was 70 years old.

According to AFP and other sources, Tusquets Publishing in Barcelona, which has published Sep?lveda's works, released a statement on the 16th (local time) announcing that Sep?lveda passed away at a hospital in Oviedo, northern Spain.

Sep?lveda battled the disease for six weeks after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

Born in Chile, Sep?lveda settled in Spain and carried out his literary activities there. He is regarded as a first-class writer widely recognized for both popular appeal and literary quality in the Spanish-speaking world.

His representative work includes the global bestseller The Old Man Who Read Love Stories. This novel, which was his first, is a tribute to Chico Mendes, an environmental activist who was murdered in 1989.

Other works such as Hotline, The Shadow We Were, Patagonia Express, and Outcast have also been translated and published domestically.

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