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The Miguel Angel Asturias Guatemala National Prize in Literature (officially in Spanish language: Premio Nacional de Literatura "Miguel Angel Asturias) is the most important literary award in Guatemala. Sometimes referred to as the "National Literary Prize", it is dedicated to the memory of the former Guatemalan writer, statesman, and Nobel Prize winner Miguel Angel Asturias and is a one-time only award that recognizes an individual writer's body of work. This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Literature is literally an acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Miguel Ángel Asturias (October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. ...
The Guatemala National Prize in Literature has been given annually since 1988 by the Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes (Ministry of Culture and Sports) at ceremonies in the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura (National Palace of Culture). The winner receives a gold medal plus a cash award of 50 thousand quetzales. The quetzal (ISO 4217 code: GTQ) is the national unit of currency of Guatemala. ...
Past winners of the Premio Nacional de Literatura "Miguel Angel Asturias":
Mario Monteforte Toledo (1911 - 2003) was a Guatemalan author, dramatist, and politician born in Guatemala City. ... Augusto Monterroso (1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Guatemalan writer. ...
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