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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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