Augusto Roa Bastos was a Paraguayan writer. As a young adult, he took part in the Chaco War between Paraguay and also Bolivia, as well as later on he functioned as a reporter, author as well as teacher. He is best understood for his unique Yo el Supremo. Yo el Supremo check out command structures and the inner thoughts of dictator Dr. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, that ruled Paraguay from 1814 till his death in 1840th
Roa Bastos was forced in 1947 to expatriation in Argentina by the Paraguayan totalitarian Alfredo Stroessner, as well as in 1976 he left from Buenos Aires to France under comparable political circumstances. Most of Bastos works were created in exile, but this does not hinder him from dealing with Paraguayan social and also historic subjects in their works. He created at times in a Spanish that was heavily influenced by Guarani (the Paraguayan aboriginal language). Roa Bastos utilized also by Paraguayan myths and icons in their jobs. Roa Bastos has composed novels, such as the Hijo hombre and El financial however tales, lyrics, and also scripts.
Our collection contains 4 quotes who is written / told by Augusto.
"What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them"
"The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing"
"In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference"
"Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another"
