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Miguel Angel Asturias, recipient of the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He studied law at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala and ethnology at the Sorbonne in Paris. He later helped found the Popular University of Guatemala. He also founded and edited a radio magazine called EL DIARIO DEL AIRE. Asturias served as a Guatemalan diplomat for several years, but he spent much of his life in exile because he opposed the dictatorial ruler.
Asturias published his first major work, LEYENDAS DE GUATEMALA (LEGENDS OF GUATEMALA) in 1930. He is best known for his 1949 novel HOMBRES DE MAIZ (MEN OF MAIZE).
Miguel Angel Asturias died in Madrid, Spain in 1974.
CHRONOLOGY
1899
He was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. (October 19)
1923
SOCIOLOGIA GUATEMALTECA (GUATEMALA SOCIOLOGY); He received his degree in law from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala.; He entered the Sorbonne in Paris.; He founded the magazine TIEMPOS NUEVOS.
1925
RAYITO DE ESTRELLA
1928
L ARQUITECTUREA DE LA VIDA NUEVA (THE BUILDING OF A NEW LIFE)
1930
LEYENDAS DE GUATEMALA
1933
He returned to Guatemala.
1935
EMULO LIPOLIDON
1936
SONETOS
1939
ALCLASAN
1942
He was elected to the Guatemalan congress.
1943
ANOCHE, 10 DE MARZO DE 1543
1946
EL SENOR PRESIDENTE (THE PRESIDENT); He began his career as a diplomat.
1947
He held a diplomatic post in Buenos Aires.
1948
SIEN DE ALONDRA
1949
POESIA; HOMBRES DE MAIZ (MEN OF MAIZE)
1950
VIENTO FUERTE (THE CYCLONE/STRONG WINDS); He married Blanca de Mora y Aruaho.
1951
EJERCICIOS POETICOS EN FORMA DE SONETO SOMBRE TEMAS DE HORACIO
1952
CARTA AEREA A MIS AMIGOS DE AMERICA; He held a diplomatic post in Paris.
1953
He became an ambassador to El Salvador.
1954
EL PAPA VERDE (THE GREEN POPE); He lived in exile in Chile.
1955
BOLIVAR; OBRAS ESCOGIDAS; SOLUNA
1956
WEEK-END EN GUATEMALA (WEEKEND IN GUATEMALA)
1957
LA AUDIENCIA DE LOS CONFINES
1959
NOMBE CUSTODIO, E IMAGEN PASAJERA
1960
LOS OJOS DE LOS ENTERRADOS (THE EYES OF THE INTERRED)
1961
EL ALHAJADITO (THE BEJEWELED BOY)
1963
MULATA DE TAL (MULATTA)
1964
JUAN GIRADOR; TEATRO; RUMANIA, SUA NUEVA IMAGEN; OBRAS ESCOGIDAS
1965
CLARIBIGILIA PRIMAVERAL
1966
He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.; He became the Guatemalan ambassador in Paris.
1967
EL ESPEJO DE LIDA SAL; He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1968
TOROTUMBO, LA AUDIENCIA DE LOS CONFINES; MENSAJES INDIOS; LATINAMERICA Y OTROS ENSYAOS; ANTOLOGIA; OBRAS COMPLETES
1969
MALADRON; COMIENDO EN HUNGARIA (SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY AROUND THE HUNGARIAN CUISINE)
1971
NOVELAS Y CUENTOS DE JUVENTUD; EN NOVELISTA EN LA UNIVERSIDAD; THE TALKING MACHINE
1972
VIERNES DE DOLORES; JUAREZ; AMERICA, FABULA DE FABULAS Y OTROS ENSAYOS
1974
ME MEJOR OBRA; He died in Madrid, Spain. (June 9)
1977
TRES OBRAS; TRES DE CUATRO SOLES; EDICION CRITICA DE LAS OBRAS COMPLETAS
1980
SINCERIDADES
1981
VIAJES, ENSAYOS Y FANTASIAS; EL HOMBRE QUE LO TENIA TODO, TODO, TODO
1988
PARIS 1922-1923
1989
CARTAS DE AMOR
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