Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz

Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
Born(1931-03-13)13 March 1931
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Died17 July 1980(1980-07-17) (aged 49)
La Paz, Bolivia
Alma materUniversity of Chile
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, politician
Political partySocialist Party
Socialist Party-1
Spouse
(m. 1954)

Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (13 March 1931 – 17 July 1980) was a noted writer, dramatist, journalist, social commentator, university professor, and socialist political leader from Bolivia. In 1964 Marcelo won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his novel Los Deshabitados.