 Subsequently, the novel "Pasión y muerte del Cura Deusto", published in 1924 by D'Halmar, winner of the first Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1942, tells the tragic love of a priest for another man.Although the novel was first published in Spain, it is considered the first in Latin America that explicitly discusses the relationship between a same-sex couple.In 1935, Joaquín Edwards Bello described in "La chica del Crillón" a lesbian character, an issue that was rarely mentioned.