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Miguel Ángel Asturias facts for kids
| Miguel Angel Asturias | |
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| Born | October 19, 1899 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Died | June 9, 1974 (aged 74) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Genres | Surrealism, dictator novel |
| Notable work(s) | El Señor Presidente, Men of Maize |
| Notable award(s) | 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.
Images for kids
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Map of Guatemala
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Asturias in Israel in the 1920s.
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Asturias in his college years.
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A translation of El Señor Presidente, one of Asturias's best-known works.
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Maya vase depicting a lord of the underworld stripped of clothes and headgear by the young maize divinity.
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Bust of Miguel Ángel Asturias. Paseo de los Poetas, Rosedal de Palermo, Parque Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires.