Antonio Skármeta (1940) is a Chilean novelist, screenwriter and lecturer, author of more than a dozen of novels and also a laureate of the award “Casa de las Americas” for his book “Naked on the Roof”.
“The Postman Of Neruda” (at first named - “Burning Patience”) was filmed twice – once in 1985 by the author, and – in 1994 under the title “The Postman” by Michael Radford. The Radford's film had a great success and won an “Oscar” and twenty-one more awards.
The books of Antonio Skármeta have been translated into more than twenty languages.
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