Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastoswas 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 Supremoand 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 Dr. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, who ruled Paraguay with an iron...
NationalityParaguayan
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth13 June 1917
CountryParaguay