Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval was a Chilean poet and physicist. He was considered one of the most influential Chilean poets of the Spanish language in the 20th century, often compared with Pablo Neruda. Parra described himself as an "anti-poet," due to his distaste for standard poetic pomp and function; after recitations he would exclaim "Me retracto de todo lo dicho".
Nicanor Parra
Parra in 1935
Nicanor Parra at the age of 100
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films El Topo and The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation".
Jodorowsky in 2011
Jodorowsky in Sitges, Spain (2006)
Jodorowsky (left) and Spanish writer Diego Moldes in Paris (2008)
Jodorowsky at the 2008 Japan Expo in Paris