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Ilana Herzig 05 January 2017. A Nobel Prize-winning poet, Guatemalan diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist, Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974) has written numerous successful novels that depict the colorful lives of various characters as well as shed light on controversial political issues.
Miguel Ángel Asturias. 126 books349 followers. Follow. Guatemalan poet, novelist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1967. Asturias's writings combine the mysticism of the Maya with epic impulse toward social protest. His most famous novel is EL SEÑOR PRESIDENTE (1946), about life under the rule of a ruthless dictator.
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Sep 29, 2021 · The President is one of Miguel Ángel Asturias’ most famous novels. In it, he describes what life was like under the regime of Dictator Manuel Estrada Cabrera. This publication and the public opposition of the author cost his exile. As you read this book you will get close to the nature of the American dictatorships, not at all unknown by ...
Leyendas de Guatemala ( Legends of Guatemala, 1930) was the first book to be published by Nobel-prizewinning author Miguel Ángel Asturias. The book is a re-telling of Maya origin stories from Asturias's homeland of Guatemala.
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One of Asturias' most famous novels, El Señor Presidente, describes life under a ruthless dictator. The novel influenced later Latin American novelists in its mixture of realism and fantasy. Asturias' very public opposition to dictatorial rule led to him spending much of his later life in exile, both in South America and in Europe.
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- 9 June 1974 (aged 74), Madrid, Spain
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales, 19 October 1899, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Miguel Angel Asturias. Miguel Angel Asturias was a Guatemalan poet, novelist, and diplomat. He was born on October 19, 1899, and died on June 9, 1974. Asturias is known for his significant contributions to Latin American literature, particularly through his use of myth and folklore to address social injustice and political issues.
His most famous novel is EL SEÑOR PRESIDENTE (1946), about life under the rule of a ruthless dictator. Asturias spent much of his life in exile because of his public opposition to dictatorial rule. Guatemalan poet, novelist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1967.
