Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic) is a Chilean writer, born in Antofagasta, Chile.
His 1985 novel and film Ardiente Paciencia inspired the 1994 Academy Award-winning movie, Il Postino (The Postman). Subsequent editions of the book bore the title El cartero de Neruda (Neruda's Postman). His fiction has since received dozens of awards and has been translated into nearly thirty languages worldwide.
His 1985 novel and film Ardiente Paciencia inspired the 1994 Academy Award-winning movie, Il Postino (The Postman). Subsequent editions of the book bore the title El cartero de Neruda (Neruda's Postman). His fiction has since received dozens of awards and has been translated into nearly thirty languages worldwide.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Chileno! (1979)
I Dreamt the Snow Was Burning (1985)
Burning Patience (1987)
The Insurrection (1988)
Watch Where the Wolf Is Going (1991)
The Postman (1995)
Love-Fifteen (1996)
The Composition (2003)
The Poet's Wedding (2005)
The Dancer and the Thief (2008)
The Days of the Rainbow (2013)
A Distant Father (2014) (with Antonio Skaarmeta)
I Dreamt the Snow Was Burning (1985)
Burning Patience (1987)
The Insurrection (1988)
Watch Where the Wolf Is Going (1991)
The Postman (1995)
Love-Fifteen (1996)
The Composition (2003)
The Poet's Wedding (2005)
The Dancer and the Thief (2008)
The Days of the Rainbow (2013)
A Distant Father (2014) (with Antonio Skaarmeta)
Collections