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Guatemalan diplomat and writer miguel angel asturias 18991974 began this awardwinning work while still a law student. Asturias used strong figurative language and dream imagery to create a country plagued with corruption and. Two years later, his brother, marco antonio, was born. You are sure to conquer there where the final horizon becomes a drop of blood, a drop of life, where you will carry the universe on your shoulders, where the universe will bear your hope. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the president by miguel angel asturias. Miguel angel asturias, born october 19, 1899, guatemala city, guatemaladied june 9, 1974, madrid, spain, guatemalan poet, novelist, and diplomat, winner of the nobel prize for literature in 1967 and the soviet unions lenin peace prize in 1966. It is the tale of a fictitious latin american country living under a fierce dictatorship sponsored by a society in frank decadence.
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