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Augusto Monterroso

Born

in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

December 21, 1921

Died

February 07, 2003

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Humor and Comedy

Influences

G.K. Chesterton, Jonathan Swift, Valle-Inclán, Miguel de Cervantes, Bo ...more

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Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (1921-2003) es la máxima figura hispánica del género más breve de la literatura, el microrrelato, y una de las personalidades más entrañables, no sólo por su modestia y sencillez, sino también por su excepcional inteligencia y su exquisita ironía. Autodidacta por excelencia, abandonó sus estudios tempranamente, para dedicarse por completo a la lectura de los clásicos, que amó con pasión, como a Cervantes, cuyo influjo es evidente en su obra. Guatemalteco de adopción y centroamericano por vocación, dedicó una buena parte de su vida a luchar contra la dictadura de su país, antes de darse a conocer internacionalmente con el cuento «El dinosaurio», que, se dice, es el más breve de la literatura en español. Maestro de ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 6,718 ratings · 879 reviews · 98 distinct works • Similar authors

	La oveja negra y demás fábulas 4.06 avg rating — 1,615 ratings — published 1969 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obras completas 3.95 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 1959 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Movimiento perpetuo 3.77 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 1972 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rest Is Silence by Augusto Monterroso, Aaron Kerner (translator) 3.65 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 1978 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuentos 4.07 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El paraíso imperfecto: Antología tímida 4.10 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El eclipse 3.68 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La palabra mágica 4.05 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antología del cuento triste by Augusto Monterroso, Bárbara Jacobs 4.22 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	أيها القناع الصغير أعرفك جيدا by Augusto Monterroso, أوغستو مونتيروسو, يحيى علوان (ترجمة، تحقيق) 3.55 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there.”
― Augusto Monterroso

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“Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí. ”
― Augusto Monterroso, Cuentos

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“Cree en ti , pero no tanto; duda de ti, pero no tanto. Cuando sientas duda, cree; cuando creas, duda. En esto estriba la única verdadera sabiduría que puede acompañar a un escritor.”
― Augusto Monterroso

tags: escribir

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These are some of the books that I hope you will enjoy during Guatemala month in August and help me select for the group reading.

Mr. President by Miguel Ángel Asturias

4 votes 28.6%

Complete Works and Other Stories by Augusto Monterroso

4 votes 28.6%

Sentimental Stories by Enrique Gómez Carrillo

2 votes 14.3%

The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman

2 votes 14.3%

The Mastermind by David Unger

1 vote 7.1%

Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala by Daniel Wilkinson

1 vote 7.1%

14 total votes

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