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Miguel Angel Asturias

Miguel Angel Asturias. Biography. Born 1899-1974 Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1967 Born in Guatemala Studied law Poet, Novelist and Teacher. Contribution to Guatemala. He taught classes at the favored university He wrote literature on his home land

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Miguel Angel Asturias

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  1. Miguel Angel Asturias

  2. Biography • Born 1899-1974 • Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1967 • Born in Guatemala • Studied law • Poet, Novelist and Teacher

  3. Contribution to Guatemala • He taught classes at the favored university • He wrote literature on his home land • He later moved to Paris where he wrote many works of literature and became an artist

  4. Nobel prize and the Acceptance Speech “Mr. Asturias- We sincerely admire your literary craftsmanship and we hope that your work will contribute to ending the shameful social conditions that you have described with such impressive intensity. We congratulate you on your Nobel Prize, which you so very much deserve.” –Hugo Theorell

  5. His Works • El SeñorPresedente, which put him into exile due to his opposition to dictatorial rule. • Hombres de Maíz, written to protect traditional Mayan culture.

  6. Summary Miguel wanted to protect culture and traditions by giving insight into how the modernization of South America has ruined culture and the prosperity of the land.

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