José Donoso

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 28, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Dec 03, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 01, 2023
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Mar 10, 2017
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of José Donoso.	Grace Young	Dec 09, 2011
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Oct 25, 2000
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998