Augusto Roa Bastos

1917 – 2005 Paraguay

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Who was Augusto Roa Bastos?

Paraguayan novelist and poet who won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1989, best known for his novel 'I, the Supreme' about dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia.

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Augusto Roa Bastos (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

June 13, 1917

Died

2005

Nationality

Paraguay

Zodiac Sign

Gemini

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