Jaime Sáenz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jaime Sáenz

Bolivian writer

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1921

Place of Birth: La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia

Date of Death: 16-Aug-1986

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Bolivia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jaime Sáenz Guzmán (29 October 1921 – 16 August 1986) was a Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer.
Born in the city of La Paz, he lived his entire life there, and the rough topography and harsh climate of this Andean city had a powerful effect on much of his work.
His poetry, though individual to the point of being difficult to classify, bears some similarities with surrealist literature. Throughout his life, Sáenz struggled with alcoholism, a struggle about which he frequently wrote in his poems.
Accordingly, he is often viewed as a sort of poète maudit, or "cursed poet".
Sáenz was openly, "unashamedly", bisexual.