1967 Nobel Prize in Literature

1967 Nobel Prize in Literature
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America."
Date
  • 19 October 1967 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1967
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974) "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America."[1] He is the first Guatemalan and the second Latin American author to receive the prize after the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral won in 1945.[2]

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1967 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ "Guatemalan Author Of Anti-U.S. Works Wins Nobel Prize; GUATEMALAN POET WINS NOBEL PRIZE". New York Times. 20 October 1967. Retrieved 21 May 2021.