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Miguel Angel Asturias

Miguel Ángel Asturias (October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. He was born in Guatemala City and died in Madrid.

Asturias was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1967.

Works

  • Leyendas de Guatemala ("Legends of Guatemala") (1930)
  • Sonetos ("Sonnets") (1936)
  • El señor Presidente ("The President") (1946)
  • Hombres de maíz ("Men of Maize") (1949)
  • "The Banana Trilogy"
    • Viento fuerte ("The Cyclone") (1950)
    • El papa verde ("The Green Pope") (1954)
    • Los ojos de los enterrados ("The Eyes of the Interred") (1960)
  • Week-end en Guatemala ("Weekend in Guatemala") (1956)
  • El alhajadito ("The Bejeweled Boy") (1961)

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