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Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda hospitalised with coronavirus, days after attending ‘Correntes d’Escritas’ literary festival in Portugal
7:23 CAT | 02 Mar 2020
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- The Portuguese authorities called on all those who had been in contact with Sepulveda during last month’s Correntes d’Escritas literary festival in Povoa do Varzim to make themselves known.
Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda, who lives in northern Spain, has contracted the new coronavirus, according to the health authorities in Portugal where the best-selling author recently visited.
The 70-year-old author started showing symptoms of the virus on February 25, after he had returned to his home in Spain’s Asturias region from literary festival ‘Correntes d’Escritas’ in neighbouring Portugal [Póvoa do Varzim].
The regional Asturias government announced on Saturday that it had detected the first coronavirus case in the region, without identifying him.
“The patient is stable. His wife, a 66-year-old woman is also displaying the symptoms and is being tested,” and both have been admitted to hospital, it added.
The Portuguese authorities called on all those who had been in contact with Sepulveda during last month’s Correntes d’Escritas literary festival in Povoa do Varzim to make themselves known.
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So far Portugal has registered two confirmed case of the COVID-19 outbreak while Spain has had 73 cases.
Sepulveda was exiled from Chile in 1975 because of his political activities.
His works, which are known for their simple humour and depictions of life in South America, include “The Old Man Who Read Love Stories” and “The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly”.
O escritor chileno esteve no festival Correntes D’ Escritas, na Póvoa de Varzim, e foi-lhe diagnosticado o novo coronavírus.https://t.co/vBFYsqr5Q4
— SAPO 24 (@24sapo) March 1, 2020
Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda, who lives in northern Spain, has contracted #COVID19, according to authorities in Portugal.
Portuguese called on all in contact with Sepulveda during Correntes d’Escritas literary festival in Porto to make themselves known.https://t.co/RUM596Gsbb pic.twitter.com/JJhpnjD1pr— Graphenes (@Graphenes1) March 1, 2020
The Angolan writer Pepetela won today the Casino da Póvoa Literary Prize 2020, with the book “His Excellency of the Present Body”, attributed within the scope of the Correntes d’Escritas literary meeting, in Póvoa de Varzim, the #culture #literature #Pep https://t.co/PN2clkyJpl pic.twitter.com/xyg2i7zNtM
— PortugaliNews (@NewsPortugali) February 19, 2020
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