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Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (Spanish pronunciation: [mi(ˈ)ɣel ˈaŋxel asˈtuɾjas]; 19 October 1899 – 9 June 1974) was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures , especially those of his native ...
Miguel Ángel Asturias was a Guatemalan poet, novelist, and diplomat, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1967 (see Nobel Lecture: “The Latin American Novel: Testimony of an Epoch”) and the Soviet Union’s Lenin Peace Prize in 1966.
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Jun 10, 1974 · Miguel Angel Asturias, 1967 Nobel Laureate, Dies. Share full article. June 10, 1974. ... It was written in Argentina, where Mr. Asturias lived during eight years of political exile.
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales ( Ciudad de Guatemala, 19 de octubre de 1899- Madrid, 9 de junio de 1974) fue un escritor, periodista y diplomático guatemalteco que contribuyó al desarrollo de la literatura latinoamericana, influyó en la cultura occidental y, al mismo tiempo, llamó la atención sobre la importancia de las culturas indígenas ...
Miguel Angel Asturias first book Leyendas de Guatemala (1930) is a compilation of stories originating from Mayan legends. His first novel, El Senor Presidente (The President), was published 1946, and was a brutal depiction of a latin American dictatorship in the early 20th century.
Miguel Ángel Asturias ( b. 19 October 1899; d. 9 June 1974), Guatemalan writer and Nobel Prize winner (1967). His country's greatest writer in the twentieth century, Asturias was also one of the forerunners of Latin America 's literature boom of the 1960s, along with Jorge Luis Borges of Argentina and Alejo Carpentier of Cuba.
Mar 25, 2024 · Miguel Ángel Asturias (Wikipedia). Excerpt: Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (19 October 1899 – 9 June 1974) was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures, especially those of his native Guatemala.
