Guatemala

Rafael Arévalo Martínez
Born: 24 JUL 1884 -- Guatemala City
Died: 12 JUN 1975 -- Guatemala City
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements:
  1. Founding editor of Juan Chapín (1913-1915)
  2. Editor of Centro América (1915-1920)
  3. Director of the National Library of Guatemala (1926-1945)
  4. Great Cross of Rubén Darío (Nicaragua, 1958)
  5. Order of the Quetzal (Guatemala, 1958)

Miguel Angel Asturias
Born: 19 OCT 1899 -- Guatemala City
Died: 09 JUN 9, 1974 -- Madrid, Spain
Type: Novelist
Achievements:
  1. Founder of Tiempos Nuevos (1923)
  2. Sylla Monsegur Prize for Translation (1932)
  3. William Faulkner Foundation Latin America Award (1962)
  4. International Lenin Peace Prize (1966)
  5. Nobel Prize for Literature (1967)

Augusto Monterroso
Born: 21 DEC 1921 -- Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Guatemalan/Mexican prose writer
Achievements:
  1. Xavier Villaurrutia Prize (1975 - normally only for Mexican citzens)
  2. Mexican Premio Nacional de la Crítica (1992)
  3. Premio Letterario Istituto Italo-Latino-Americano Prize (1993)
  4. Order of the Aquila Azteca (1988)

Carlos Solórzano
Born: 01 MAY 1922 -- San Marcos, Guatemala
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Guatemalan/Mexican playwright
Achievements:
  1. Rockefeller Foundation Grant (1948)
  2. Founder and Director of Teatro Universitario Profesional (1950-1960)
  3. Founder and Director of Teatro Estudiantil Universitario (1950-1952)
  4. Premio Universidad from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma (1989)
  5. Miguel Angel Asturias National Literature Prize (Guatemala, 1989)