Guatemalan poet, novelist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1967. Asturias's writings combine the mysticism of the Maya with epic impulse toward social protest. His most famous novel is EL SEÑOR PRESIDENTE (1946), about life under the rule of a ruthless dictator. Asturias spent much of his life in exile because of his public opposition to dictatorial rule.
Este es mi quinto libro/obra de Asturias y con toda sinceridad puedo decir que no tengo ni la menor idea de por qué le dieron un Nobel. Yo ni siquiera le hubiera dado las gracias.