Augusto Roa Bastos (13 June 1917 – 26 April 2005) was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay...
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Ernesto Báez and Andrés Laszlo. The screenplay by Paraguayan writer Augusto Roa Bastos was based on his short story La hija del ministro. Set in Paraguay...
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Hijo de hombre (category Novels by Augusto Roa Bastos)
hombre (Son of Man, 1960) is a novel by the Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos. Roa Bastos' first published novel, Hijo de Hombre represents his definitive...
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I, the Supreme (category Novels by Augusto Roa Bastos)
Supremo) is a historical novel written by exiled Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos. It is a fictionalized account of the nineteenth-century Paraguayan...
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dictator of Chile Augusto Righi (1850–1920), Italian physicist Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005), Paraguayan novelist and short story writer Augusto César Sandino...
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book. The dictator novel genre includes I, the Supreme (1974), by Augusto Roa Bastos, about Dr. Francia of Paraguay, and The Feast of the Goat (2000),...
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translated works by numerous important authors including Jorge Amado, Augusto Roa Bastos, Marguerite Duras, Juan Goytisolo, Mario Vargas Llosa, Curzio Malaparte...
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during the Chaco War. One of the masterpieces of the Paraguayan writer Augusto Roa Bastos, the 1960 novel Hijo de hombre, described in one of its chapters the...
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Cabrera (1898–1920), which was translated to English in 1975. In 1974, Augusto Roa Bastos published I, the Supreme based on Francia's life. In Mexico, two fictional...
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such as José Ricardo Mazó, Roque Vallejos, and Nobel Prize nominee Augusto Roa Bastos. Several Paraguayan films have been made. Inside the family, conservative...
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and the Paraguayan Ernesto Báez in the leading roles. Written by Augusto Roa Bastos, based on a story by Mario Halley Mora, it is a historical film set...
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comics format several stories of great Paraguayan authors, among which Augusto Roa Bastos, Gabriel Casaccia, Helio Vera and Josefina Plá. Either as a guest...
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novelist. He is considered the father of modern Paraguayan literature. Augusto Roa Bastos, another notable Paraguayan novelist, is quoted as saying “Gabriel...
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(Perú), Dulce María Loynaz (Cuba), Adolfo Bioy Casares (Argentina), Augusto Roa Bastos (Paraguay), Carlos Fuentes (Mexico), Ernesto Sabato (Argentina), Octavio...
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known as the "War of the Thirst". The script is based on a chapter of Augusto Roa Bastos novel Hijo de Hombre. It was made as a co-production between Argentina...
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Mexico novel, essay 1988 María Zambrano Spain philosophy, essay 1989 Augusto Roa Bastos Paraguay novel 1990 Adolfo Bioy Casares Argentina novel, short story...
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specifically, because he had accepted an honour from Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Borges was however among the short-listed candidates several...
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won the Biblioteca Breve Award in 1962. Fernando Alegria considers Augusto Roa Bastos' Hijo de hombre the inaugural work of the Boom even though, as Shaw...
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Bastos is a habitational surname of from Portugal and Galicia. Notable people with the name include: Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005), Paraguayan novelist...
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Hellblazer #129–133 Hijo de hombre (Son of God), a 1960 novel by Augusto Roa Bastos The Son of Man (book), a 1998 book by Andrew Harvey Jesus, the Son...
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notable collection, Nano Guaraní. In 2012, Buzó won second place in the Augusto Roa Bastos Visual Art Contest for a cash prize of Gs 3,000,000. However, of the...
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of This World (1949) by Alejo Carpentier, I, the Supreme (1974) by Augusto Roa Bastos, Terra Nostra (1975) by Carlos Fuentes, News from the Empire (1987)...
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members from the International Association of Art Critics, from which Augusto Roa Bastos was member; also counts with several specialized people in different...
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10 – Ruari McLean, Scottish-born typographer (d. 2006) June 13 – Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan writer (d. 2005) June 14 Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist...
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such as José Ricardo Mazó, Roque Vallejos, and Nobel Prize nominee Augusto Roa Bastos. Several Paraguayan films have been made. Inside the family, conservative...
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2005 novel by R.S. Pratt It may refer to: El Fiscal, a 1993 novel by Augusto Roa Bastos El Fiscal, TV series on Colombia's RCN Televisión 1995–1999 Fiscal...
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Milei in the 2023 Argentine general election. Following the arrest of Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity in 1999, Vargas Llosa would write...
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others. Attila Sallustro (1908-1983), Italian-Paraguayan footballer Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005), writer Horacio Cartes (born 1956), former head of state...
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Peña Nieto Eva Perón Juan Domingo Perón (Collar) Augusto Pinochet Michel Platini Augusto Roa Bastos Alí Rodríguez Araque Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Cortés Sabah...
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Conflict). Hasil Adkins, 67, American Rockabilly musician, homicide. Augusto Roa Bastos, 87, Paraguayan writer, winner of the Premio Cervantes. Michael Coles...
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