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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 ...
Dec 11, 2019 · Rebecca Bodenheimer. Updated on December 11, 2019. Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974) was a Guatemalan poet, writer, diplomat, and Nobel Prize winner. He was known for his socially and politically relevant novels and as a champion of Guatemala's large indigenous population.
- Rebecca Bodenheimer
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. His writings, which combine the mysticism of the Maya with.
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1. LIFE AND WORKS. Diplomat, anthropologist, political dissident, attorney, translator, journalist, surrealist author, and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, Miguel Angel Asturias ( l 899-1974) surely provides us with a most provocative reflection on ultimate reality and meaning.
- Mark Destephano
- 2001
Poems by Miguel Angel Asturias. Considered Guatemala's greatest writer and the father of magical realism, Miguel Angel Asturias was awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Latin American Boom. Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Nobel-Prize–winning Guatemalan poet, novelist, and diplomat. Asturias helped establish Latin American literature's contribution to mainstream Western culture, drawing attention to the importance of indigenous cultures, especially those of his native ...
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Miguel Ángel Asturias, (born Oct. 19, 1899, Guatemala City, Guat.—died June 9, 1974, Madrid, Spain), Guatemalan poet, novelist, and diplomat. He moved to Paris in 1923 and became a Surrealist under the influence of André Breton. His first major works appeared in the 1930s.