El Salvador

Manlio Argueta
Born: 24 NOV 1935 -- San Miguel, El Salvador
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements:
  1. Casa de las Américas Prize (1977)
  2. University of Central America Editores Prize (1980)

Roque Dalton
Born: 14 MAY 1935 -- ??, El Salvador
Died: 10 MAY 1975
Type: Poet, prose writer, revolutionary
Achievements:
  1. Central American Poetry Prize (1955)
  2. Central American Award of the Univeristy of San Salvador (1956, 1958, 1959)
  3. International Union of Students International Literature Prize (1961)
  4. Casa de las Américas Prize (1969)

Salarrué (Salvador Salazar Arrué)
Born: 22 OCT 1899 -- Sonsonate, El Salvador
Died: ?? NOV 1975 -- El Salvador
Type: Prose writer, poet, painter
Achievements:
  1. General Director of Fine Arts (1962-1964)
  2. Salvadorean Academy of the Language Highest Honour (1969)