Miguel Ángel Asturias
19 October 1899 — 9 June 1974
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures, especially those of his native Guatemala.
A memorial on Digital Cemetery, an endless map you can explore. This grave stands at coordinates 74, -2.
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