Bolaño says literature and illness are inseparable, each feeding the other. He celebrates brief, absolute beauty that only those who love can truly see. He also notes that artists often hide their work, while literature emerges from a strange rain of blood, sweat, and tears.
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Roberto Bolaño was a writer.
Quick Facts About Roberto Bolaño
Born
April 28, 1953
Died
July 15, 2003
Profession
Writer
About Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist, short‑story writer, poet and essayist.
![“[A]nd the wizened youth trembles more and more violently, wrinkles his nose and then pounces on the story. But only I know the story, the real story. And it is simple and cruel and true and it should make us laugh, it should make us die laughing. But we only know how to cry, the only thing we do…” quote by Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/446/roberto-bola-o-725_real-story_a-nd-the-wizened-youth-trembles-more-and_1582042.jpg)
