Daniel de la Vega was a Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an journalist

Journalist

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, poet

Poet

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, playwright

Playwright

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, chronicle

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r, and novel

Novel

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ist.

De la Vega was born in Quilpué (now part of Greater Valparaiso

Greater Valparaíso

Greater Valparaíso is the third largest metropolitan area in Chile, after Greater Santiago, and Greater Concepción. It takes this name after the city of Valparaíso, the oldest city of the group and the most important harbour in Chile...

) into an educated family who instilled in him a love of literature. He graduated from the lyceum

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 in Quilpué. The poetry in his first book, El calor del Terruño (1912), has been called "light and delicate" with an "arresting mysticism".

He was friends with poet and playwright Víctor Domingo Silva

Víctor Domingo Silva

Víctor Domingo Silva Endeiza was a Chilean poet, journalist, playwright and writer. Victor Silva was of Basque descent by mother's side....

. In 1953, he received the 12th Chilean National Prize in Literature

Chilean National Prize for Literature

Chile's National Prize for Literature was created by Law No. 7,368 during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos on 8 November 1942. It consists of a lump-sum monetary prize and a life-time monthly stipend . It was originally awarded every year until the amendments introduced by Law No...

 for his work in both journalism and theater. His primary contributions were published originally in periodicals, notably in the column "Hoy" ("Today") in Ultimas Noticias, but he put together over forty books as well. De la Vega died in Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

.

Works

• El calor de terruño 1912, several editions,
• Reino de angustias, poemas 1939
• El romancero 1934
• La luna enemiga, novela 1920
• La quintrala 1936