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Miguel Ángel Asturias

Born

in Guatemala City, Guatemala

October 19, 1899

Died

June 09, 1974

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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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

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Miguel Ángel Asturias’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 15,157 ratings · 1,699 reviews · 147 distinct works • Similar authors

	The President 3.97 avg rating — 7,308 ratings — published 1946 — 240 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men of Maize: The Modernist Epic of the Guatemalan Indians by Miguel Ángel Asturias, Gerald Martin (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 1,487 ratings — published 1949 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leyendas de Guatemala 3.48 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 1930 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الريح القوية by Miguel Ángel Asturias, ميجيل آنخيل أستورياس, صالح علماني (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1950 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mulata by Miguel Ángel Asturias, Gregory Rabassa (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 1963 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	مردی که همه چیز، همه چیز، همه چیز داشت by Miguel Ángel Asturias, لیلی گلستان (Translator) 3.36 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Pope 3.47 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1954	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	چشم انتظار درخاک‌رفتگان by Miguel Ángel Asturias, سروش حبیبی (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1960 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirror of Lida Sal: Tales Based on Mayan Myths and Guatemalan Legends 3.52 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1964 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Torotumbo 3.46 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1977 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Miguel Ángel Asturias

Colección "Leer En Español" (1 book)
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Trílogia Bananera (3 books)
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سروش حبیبی (Translator)

3.61 avg rating — 803 ratings

Quotes by Miguel Ángel Asturias (?)

“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

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

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“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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Mario Vargas Llosa

18 votes, 26.9%

Gabriela Mistral

16 votes, 23.9%

Pablo Neruda

10 votes, 14.9%

Octavio Paz

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Juan Ramón Jiménez

6 votes, 9.0%

Camilo José Cela

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Miguel Ángel Asturias

2 votes, 3.0%

Vicente Aleixandre

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Jacinto Benavente

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José Echegaray

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