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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 ...
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- 9 June 1974 (aged 74), Madrid, Spain
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales, 19 October 1899, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (1967) Notable Works: “Leyendas de Guatemala”. “Men of Maize”. “The President”. Miguel Ángel Asturias (born October 19, 1899, Guatemala City, Guatemala—died June 9, 1974, Madrid, Spain) was a Guatemalan poet, novelist, and diplomat, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1967 and the Soviet ...
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Dec 11, 2019 · In 1966, Asturias was awarded the International Lenin Peace Prize, a prominent Soviet award previously won by Pablo Picasso, Fidel Castro, Pablo Neruda, and Bertolt Brecht. He was also named the Guatemalan ambassador to France.
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The following year he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, only the second Latin American to receive this honor. Asturias spent his final years in Madrid, where he died at the age of 74. He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Contents. 1 Biography. 1.1 Early life and education. 1.2 Political career. 1.3 Exile and rehabilitation
The winner receives a gold medal plus a cash award of 50 thousand quetzales . Winners of the Miguel Ángel Asturias National Literature Prize. 1988 – Luis Alfredo Arango – (1935–2001) 1989 – Carlos Solórzano – (born 1922) 1990 – Otto-Raúl González – (1921–2007) 1991 – Dante Liano – (born 1948) 1992 – Enrique Juárez Toledo – (1910–1999)
Deliberations. Nominations. Miguel Ángel Asturias was first nominated in 1964 by Erik Lindegren, a member of the Swedish Academy, and became an annual nominee until 1967 when he was eventually awarded with the prize. He received 3 nominations in 1967 with a single joint nomination with Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. [5] [6]
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