Miguel Ángel Asturias facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Miguel Angel Asturias
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Born | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
October 19, 1899
Died | June 9, 1974 Madrid, Spain |
(aged 74)
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Guatemalan |
Genre | Surrealism, dictator novel |
Notable works | El Señor Presidente, Men of Maize |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1967 |
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (October 19, 1899 - June 9, 1974) was a writer and diplomat from Guatemala. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967 for his Banana Trilogy. He also wrote El Hombre que lo tenía todo todo todo.
He was very important for literature in his country.
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Images for kids
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Bust of Miguel Ángel Asturias. Paseo de los Poetas, Rosedal de Palermo, Parque Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires.
