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Let \(k\) be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. It is known that there exists a quasi-projective coarse moduli space \({\mathcal M}_H\) for non singular \(n\)-dimensional \(k\)-varieties with ample canonical divisor and a given Hilbert polynomial \(H\). In this paper, in order to construct a compactification of \({\mathcal M}_H\), the author gives a suitable definition of stable smoothable \(n\)-fold. Moreover, assuming the minimal model program in dimension \(n+1\), he proves that the functor \(M_H^{sm}\), which associates to a scheme \(S\) the set of isomorphism classes of families of stable smoothable \(n\)-folds over \(S\) with Hilbert polynomial \(H\), is bounded and coarsely represented by a projective scheme \(M_H^{sm}\). The proof is based on Matsusaka's theorems and it generalizes similar results for surfaces due to Alexeev, Kawamata, Matsuda, Matsuki.