Son of a remarkable family of teachers, his father was Marcos Fidel Pinochet Espinosa, and his mother,
Isabel Le Brun de Pinochet, was a remarkable educator, and founder of the Institute Pinochet Le Brun. From his childhood he had a vocation for
journalism, and, as a child, created his own journals and sent his collaborations (under the pseudonym "Albert Brum") to the local newspaper, "The Authority," of
Talca. Later, while living in Europe for ten years, Pinochet wrote "Journey of Effort" and "Journey of a commoner for
Europe," narrating his experiences in the continent. On his return to
Santiago, he wrote for major newspapers in the capital, particularly "The Enlightenment" magazine, "Pen and Pencil," and "The Journal," of Cruzat Poblete. He studied at the Institute of Education,
University of Chile, graduating as a professor at the Department of English in 1914. After 1910, he lived in
Buenos Aires, and in the next two decades he travelled through
Latin America to lecture. He was the editor of the monthly paper
The South American, which was published in New York. ==Politics==