Please answer the following question: Facts:   - language: spanish    - years active: 1995 -- present    - birth name: josé ignacio valenzuela güiraldes      - birth date: 1972 4 29    - name: josé ignacio valenzuela    - image size: 250px    - nationality: chilean    - image: jose_ignacio_valenzuela_guiraldes . jpg    - birth place: santiago de chile , chile    - occupation: author , writer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of josé ignacio valenzuela .
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josé ignacio valenzuela -lrb- born april 29 , 1972 , santiago de chile , chile -rrb- also known by the nickname chascas , is a chilean writer and screenwriter .author of scripts for national and foreign soap operas , among which `` amor a domicilio '' , `` la familia de al lado '' , `` dama y obrero '' and adaptation of `` lola '' -- , he has also participated in the development of various television , literature , film and theater projects in chile , mexico , united states and puerto rico .he has published a number of novels and short fiction , and has also served as professor and instructor of creative writing .