Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor. He is best known for his complex novel Yo el Supremo and for winning the Premio Miguel de Cervantes in 1989, Spanish literature's most prestigious prize. Yo el Supremo explores the dictations and inner thoughts of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, the eccentric dictator of Paraguay who ruled with an iron fist, from 1814 until his death in 1840.
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Male
Full Name
Augusto José Antonio Roa Basto
Date of Birth
June 13rd, 1917
Age
108
Birth Place
Paraguay
Date of Death
April 26th, 2005
Died Aged
87
Star Sign
Gemini
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