José Donoso

One of the great Boom writers, José Donoso (1924–1996) wrote novels, novellas, short stories, and poetry. He worked stints as a shepherd in Patagonia and a stevedore in Buenos Aires before studying at Princeton and teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop. He was twice a Guggenheim Fellow and won the William Faulkner Foundation Prize as well as Chile’s highest literary honor, the National Literature Prize, among many other awards.  

José Donoso

One of the great Boom writers, José Donoso (1924–1996) wrote novels, novellas, short stories, and poetry. He worked stints as a shepherd in Patagonia and a stevedore in Buenos Aires before studying at Princeton and teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop. He was twice a Guggenheim Fellow and won the William Faulkner Foundation Prize as well as Chile’s highest literary honor, the National Literature Prize, among many other awards.  

Books by José Donoso

  • Taratuta and Still Life with Pipe: Two Novellas

    José Donoso, Gregory Rabassa

    Paperback, 1995

    These striking novellas are the witty crystallizations of José Donoso's concerns over a lifetime of writing.
  • The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition

    José Donoso, Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin

    Paperback, 2024

    Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of day
  • The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition

    José Donoso, Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin

    E Book

    Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of day