Miguel Ángel Asturias

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Miguel Ángel Asturias


Born
in Guatemala City, Guatemala
October 19, 1899

Died
June 09, 1974

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Guatemalan poet, novelist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1967. Asturias's writings combine the mysticism of the Maya with epic impulse toward social protest. His most famous novel is EL SEÑOR PRESIDENTE (1946), about life under the rule of a ruthless dictator. Asturias spent much of his life in exile because of his public opposition to dictatorial rule. ...more

Average rating: 3.85 · 14,525 ratings · 1,578 reviews · 143 distinct worksSimilar authors
The President

3.97 avg rating — 6,923 ratings — published 1946 — 38 editions
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Men of Maize: The Modernist...

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3.97 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 1949 — 14 editions
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Leyendas de Guatemala

3.50 avg rating — 768 ratings — published 1930
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الريح القوية

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3.60 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 1950 — 44 editions
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Mulata

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3.73 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1963 — 10 editions
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مردی که همه چیز، همه چیز، ه...

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3.36 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions
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The Green Pope

3.46 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1954 — 40 editions
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چشم انتظار درخاک‌رفتگان

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3.84 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1960 — 3 editions
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Mirror of Lida Sal: Tales B...

3.53 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 1964 — 7 editions
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Torotumbo

3.47 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1977 — 16 editions
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Quotes by Miguel Ángel Asturias  (?)
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“Rise and demand; you are a burning flame.
You are sure to conquer there where the final horizon
Becomes a drop of blood, a drop of life,
Where you will carry the universe on your shoulders,
Where the universe will bear your hope.”
Miguel Angel Asturias

“القاعدة التى استنها السيد الرئيس هى عدم إشاعة أى أمل”
Miguel Ángel Asturias, The President

“However life treats you, as time goes by you always get the feeling you've lost life in the very living of it.”
Miguel Ángel Asturias, Men of Maize: The Modernist Epic of the Guatemalan Indians

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