Miguel Angel Asturias

Miguel Ángel Asturias (October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. He was born in Guatemala City and died in Madrid.

Asturias was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1967.

Works

• Leyendas de Guatemala ("Legends of Guatemala") (1930)
• Sonetos ("Sonnets") (1936)
• El señor Presidente ("The President") (1946)
• Hombres de maíz ("Men of Maize") (1949)
• "The Banana Trilogy"
  • Viento fuerte ("The Cyclone") (1950)
  • El papa verde ("The Green Pope") (1954)
  • Los ojos de los enterrados ("The Eyes of the Interred") (1960)
• Week-end en Guatemala ("Weekend in Guatemala") (1956)
• El alhajadito ("The Bejeweled Boy") (1961)