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Miguel Angel Asturias Biography and Timeline

Follow Miguel Angel Asturias through 1 dated historical records for Guatemala.

Miguel Angel Asturias, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1946

The President Novel Published

Author · Arts / Literature

Miguel Ángel Asturias published El Señor Presidente, a novel exposing the culture of fear under dictatorship. Its experimental language helped establish an influential model of Latin American political fiction.

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