Liborio Brieba

Liborio Brieba Pacheco (1841 - 1897) was a Chilean writer, schoolteacher, journalist and engineer born in Valparaíso. He is mostly remembered as the author of two historical novels, that were extremely successful when serialized in the literary magazine La Estrella de Chile of Santiago: Los Talaveras (The Talaveras in 1871) and El capitán San Bruno (Captain San Bruno in 1875). In these very long novels (the second is over 1200 pages), the action takes place in the historical period known as the Reconquista, between the years 1814 and 1817. Both were subsequently published together under the title Episodios Nacionales (National vignettes.) As a journalist, he worked in several newspapers, such as El Heraldo y Las Novedades. He is also...