Miguel Ángel Asturias: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{subpages}} | {{subpages}} | ||
{{Image|Miguel Angel Asturias.jpg|right|300px|Miguel Ángel Asturias in 1968.}} | {{Image|Miguel Angel Asturias.jpg|right|300px|Miguel Ángel Asturias in 1968.}} | ||
'''Miguel Ángel Asturias''' (1899-1974) was the first Latin American writer to be awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in literature. A native of [[Guatemala]], Asturias is known for his use of surrealist-inspired magical realism and for his incorporation of [[folklore]] and indigenous mythology into his works. Asturias | '''Miguel Ángel Asturias''' (1899-1974) was the first Latin American writer to be awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in literature. A native of [[Guatemala]], Asturias is known for his use of surrealist-inspired magical realism and for his incorporation of [[folklore]] and indigenous mythology into his works. | ||
Asturias wrote several novels: | |||
* ''[[El Señor Presidente (Asturias novel)|El Señor Presidente]]'' (1946) | |||
* ''Hombres de maíz'' (1949) | |||
* ''Week-end in Guatemala'' (1956) | |||
* ''Los ojos de los enterrados'' (1960). | |||
One Asturias scholar, René Prieto, contended in 1993 that some of Asturias' best work is among the least well-known<ref>René Prieto. 1993. Miguel Angel Asturias's archeology of return. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press</ref>/ | |||
== Notes == | |||
<references> | |||
</references> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/>[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:00, 19 September 2024
Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974) was the first Latin American writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. A native of Guatemala, Asturias is known for his use of surrealist-inspired magical realism and for his incorporation of folklore and indigenous mythology into his works.
Asturias wrote several novels:
- El Señor Presidente (1946)
- Hombres de maíz (1949)
- Week-end in Guatemala (1956)
- Los ojos de los enterrados (1960).
One Asturias scholar, René Prieto, contended in 1993 that some of Asturias' best work is among the least well-known[1]/
Notes
- ↑ René Prieto. 1993. Miguel Angel Asturias's archeology of return. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press