Raúl Barrientos was born in Puerto Montt, Chile in 1942. He has published: Bajo de mismo sol (1981), Historíca relación del reino de la noche (1982), Pie del Efimero (1985), Libro de las imágenes (1989), Jazz (plaquette, 1997), and Monarca (1997)

Forthcoming publications:

El balsero de Cucau, Caracas: Pequena Venecia and Llave de neón Santiago, LOM Editores.

In Chile, he has twice been awarded the Premio Consejo Nacional del Libro y la Lectura, for unpublished books: in 1993, for his manuscriptMonarca and in 1997 for his manuscript Llave de neon.