Pedro Lemebel

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Pedro Lemebel

Country

Chile

Birth - Death

1952 -

Occupation

Writer

Description

Writer, essayist, and activist for LGBTQ causes. Co-founder of art collective, Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis (The Mares of the Apocalypse) in the 1980s. Notable books include 'Loco afán: crónicas de sidario' (1996), a collection of interrelated vignettes of the lives of impoverished, marginalized gay men.

Further Reading/Research

• http://dandelionjournal.org/index.php/dandelion/article/view/40/72
• http://web.uchile.cl/publicaciones/cyber/08/plemebel.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21S1UQoMlA

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