Asturias, Miguel Ángel (Vol. 13) - Introduction

Asturias, Miguel Ángel 1899–1974

Asturias, a Guatemalan novelist, poet, journalist, playwright, and translator, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1967. Seeking to give "a universal consciousness to the problems of Latin America," Asturias fused native legends, folklore, and myths with harsh reality. In his "banana trilogy" he examined U.S. imperialism, and in The President, he attacked a Guatemalan political dictatorship. (See also CLC, Vols. 3, 8, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25-28; obituary, Vols. 49-52; Contemporary Authors Permanent Series, Vol. 2.)