| Birth Date: | 15 July 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Valparaíso, Chile |
| Death Date: | 23 December 2021 (77 years old) |
| Death Place: | Valparaíso, Chile |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Children: | Catalina Saavedra |
| Awards: | Anna Seghers Prize |
Omar Saavedra Santis (15 July 1944 – 23 December 2021) was a Chilean writer. He spent many years in exile in Europe after the CIA-backed coup that toppled the government of Salvador Allende in 1973. He won numerous literary prizes, among them the Anna Seghers Prize. His daughter is the actress Catalina Saavedra.[1]
Saavedra died on 23 December 2021, at the age of 77.[2]