Magdalena Petit

Magdalena Petit Marfán
Magdalena Petit on Las Terrazas Beach rocks, Pichilemu, 1918.
Born	Magdalena Petit 1903 Peñaflor, Chile
Died	1968 (aged 64–65)
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Chilean
Citizenship	Chilean
Period	1932-1965
Genres	Drama, Biography

Magdalena Petit Marfán (Peñaflor, Chile, 1903–1968) was a Chilean writer, notable by its popular novels La Quintrala, Los Pincheira and Los Hijos del Caleuche, inter alias. Also she wrote theater pieces, essays and biographies.

She died in 1968, because of an accidental fall at home.

External links

• Biography on Memoria Chilena (Spanish)

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Name	Petit, Magdalena
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Date of birth	1903
Place of birth	Peñaflor, Chile
Date of death	1968
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