Novelist Augusto Roa Bastos

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Augusto Roa Bastos

Living place: Paraguay

Birthday: 13-6-1917

Global rank: #79635

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Who is Novelist Augusto Roa Bastos?
Paraguayan novelist who is known for helping to establish the authoritarian fiction genre. His most famous works include Yo el Supremo and Hijo de hombre.
He wrote the screenplay for Thunder Among the Leaves, a 1958 Argentinian film that featured the entire prequel nude.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He fought for Paraguay in the Chaco War against Bolivia. He published his first novel, Hijo de hombre (People), in 1960.

Family life info

He was born and raised in Asuncion, Paraguay. Born into a farming family, he grew up speaking both Guarani and Spanish.

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His literary style has been compared to that of Ernest Hemingway.

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When was Novelist Augusto Roa Bastos born?
Augusto Roa Bastos was born in 13-6-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is Novelist Augusto Roa Bastos's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Augusto Roa Bastos was born in . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Augusto Roa Bastos's global rank is 79635 and whose rank is 919 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1917 and 13-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Augusto Roa Bastos

  • First U.S. combat troops arrive in France as U.S. declares war on Germany (April 6). Background: World War I
  • Third Battle of Ypres is fought. Background: World War I
  • World-wide influenza pandemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone, 500,000 perish. Background: Major U.S. Epidemics
  • Dutch dancer Mata Hari is convicted and executed as a German spy.
  • Government offices are seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace is stormed in Russian October Revolution.

Birthday Augusto Roa Bastos (13-6) in history

  • Day 13-6 year 1900: The Boxer Rebellion began in China.
  • Day 13-6 year 1966: The U.S. Supreme Court set forth in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must advise suspects of their rights upon taking them into custody.
  • Day 13-6 year 1967: Thurgood Marshall was nominated to become the first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Day 13-6 year 1971: The New York Times began publishing the "Pentagon Papers."
  • Day 13-6 year 1983: The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system.
  • Day 13-6 year 1986: Bandleader and clarinetist Benny Goodman died.
  • Day 13-6 year 2000: The first meeting between Pres. Kim Jong Il of North Korea and Pres. Kim Dae Jung of South Korea occurred.
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