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Miguel Ángel Asturias
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Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)

Also known as: Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales pachan, Miguel Asturias, Мигель Анхель Астуриас, ميغل أنخل أستورياس, 미겔 앙헬 아스투리아스, ミゲル・アンヘル・アストゥリアス

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Known works

  • El Señor Presidente (1963)
  • Hombres De Maiz / Men of Maize (Biblioteca De Autor / Author Library) (1982)
  • Leyendas de Guatemala
  • Los dioses, los héroes y los hombres de Guatemala antigua... Traducción de la versión francesa del profesor Georges Raynaud...\
  • El libro del consejo