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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 · 10,879 ratings · 974 reviews · 94 distinct works • Similar authors

	The President 3.99 avg rating — 4,648 ratings — published 1946 — 153 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 by Miguel Ángel Asturias, Gerald Martin (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 1949 — 49 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 3.55 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 1930 — 51 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) 3.58 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1950 — 31 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 Rabasa (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1963 — 22 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) 3.37 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1981 — 17 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 3.48 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1954 — 30 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
	Weekend In Guatemala 3.62 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1956 — 25 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 by Miguel Ángel Asturias, Gilbert Alter-Gilbert (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1964 — 12 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
	چشم انتظار درخاک‌رفتگان by Miguel Ángel Asturias, سروش حبیبی (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1960 — 20 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

Trílogia Bananera (3 books)
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سروش حبیبی (Translator)

3.61 avg rating — 576 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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“In prison there's no bad, everything's worse. Worse bellyache, worse misery, worse sadness--the worst of the worst. Jailers and judges seem like people without reason, deranged. Compliance with rules and regulations which have nothing to do with reality turns them into madmen, at least they seem such to those not under the strange influence of the law.”
― Miguel Ángel Asturias, Men of Maize

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These are some of the books that I hope you will enjoy during Guatemala month in August and help me select for the group reading.

Mr. President by Miguel Ángel Asturias

4 votes 28.6%

Complete Works and Other Stories by Augusto Monterroso

4 votes 28.6%

Sentimental Stories by Enrique Gómez Carrillo

2 votes 14.3%

The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman

2 votes 14.3%

The Mastermind by David Unger

1 vote 7.1%

Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala by Daniel Wilkinson

1 vote 7.1%

14 total votes

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