Born: 19-Oct-1899
Birthplace: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Died: 9-Jun-1974
Location of death: Madrid, Spain
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Occupation: Author

Nationality: Guatemala
Executive summary: Hombres de maíz

    Law School: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (1923)
    University: Sorbonne

    Nobel Prize for Literature 1967
    Stalin Peace Prize 1966 ("Lenin Peace Prize")
    Guatemalan Ambassador to France (1966-70)
    Exiled 1954

Author of books:
Leyendas de Guatemala (1930)
Sonetos (1936, poetry)
El señor presidente (1946, novel)
Hombres de maíz (1949, novel)
Viento fuerte (1950, novel)
El papa verde (1954, novel)
Los ojos de los enterrados (1960, novel)
Obras completas (1967, anthology)

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