Augusto Roa Bastos Biography

Augusto Roa Bastos, Novelist
Occup.Novelist
FromParaguay
BornJune 13, 1917
Asunción, Paraguay
DiedApril 26, 2005
Asunción, Paraguay
Aged87 years
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.

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