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- Augusto Roa Bastos was born on June 13, 1917 in Asunción, Paraguay. He was a writer, known for Alias Gardelito (1961), Shunko (1960) and El terrorista (1962). He was married to Iris Giménez and Muñeca Duarte Rodi. He died on April 26, 2005 in Asunción, Paraguay.
- SpousesIris Giménez(1980 - April 26, 2005) (his death)Muñeca Duarte Rodi (divorced)
- Winner of the Cervantes Prize for Literature in Spanish, he was considered Paraguay's most important contemporary writer. He lived in exile for 42 years, leaving his homeland voluntarily because of political upheaval, but returning for good in the mid-1990s. He was often mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Along with books, poems, and plays, he wrote screenplays, many of which were translated into several languages.
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