However, I'm not sure if he's really that representative as a "Chilean novelist".
Isabel Allende is the best-selling Chilean novelist, with 51 millions of her novels sold worldwide.
Another internationally recognized Chilean novelist is Roberto Bolaño whose translations into English have had an excellent reception from the critics.
Sergio Missana (1966) is a Chilean novelist, freelance journalist, scholar, editor and scriptwriter.
Jorge Edwards Valdés (born June 29, 1931) is a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat.
Jorge Edwards is a Chilean novelist and journalist.
Marcela Serrano (born 1951) is an award-winning Chilean novelist.
November 9 - Alberto Blest Gana, Chilean novelist (born 1830)
But Ms. Allende, the Chilean novelist, was, for the moment, immune to the poetry and the pleasure of the warm sun.
Another internationally recognized Chilean novelist is Roberto Bolaño.