236 CultureShock! Chile
Soledad Alvear
Senator and former Minister, she is also leader of the Christian
Democratic Party.Pablo Neruda
Poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971Gabriela Mistral
Poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945.Isabel Allende
Popular author of several novels and memoirs.José Donoso
Well-known author and member of the Latin American
Boom.Padre Alberto Hurtado
Priest who took care of homeless children and founded the
Hogar de Cristo foundation. He died in 1952 and was made
a Saint in 2005.Cecilia Bolocco
She was crowned Miss Universe in 1987.Marcelo Ríos
Top-seeded tennis player. He was the first Latin American
player to reach the number one position.Nicolás Massú
Tennis player. He won two gold medals at the Athens Summer
Olympics in 2004.Don Francisco
Host of the popular Sabado Gigante televisión programme
seen throughout Latin America.Roberto Matta (1911-2002)
Famous surrealist painter.