UNIVERSIDAD SAN LORENZO

CAREER: ACCOUNTING.
Subsidiary: Pillar
Subject: English.
Theme: Augusto Roa Bastos. Biography.
Teacher: Nadia González López.
COURSE: 2nd
Members
1. Diana Raquel Ríos Luque.
2. Ana Del Pilar Arce Salcedo.
3. Fátima Rodríguez
4. Patricia Zarza Alliana.
5. Alejandro Molina.

Year: 2022
 Introduction

In this work we Will be presenting you the life of a Paraguayan genius, Augusto José
Antonio Roa Bastos was a writer, journalit and screenwriter. He is considered the most
important author in Paraguay and one of the most prominent in Latin American literature.

It is important to know the great figures that represent our country, especiallly this
person who contributed a lot to our culture, among others.

Here we Will not only see his most outstanding Works, but we Will also know all the
work that cost him to position himself in this world of writing.

To better understand everything that this novelist and writer did, we give you this
guide to learn a Little more abaut who Augusto Antonio Roa Abastos was.
Augusto Roa Bastos.

Augusto Roa Bastos (Asunción, Paraguay, June 13, 1917 Asunción, Paraguay, April 26, 2005).
Narrator and poet, he is considered the most important Paraguayan writer of the 20th century
and one of the great novelists of Latin American literature.

His childhood is spent in Iturbe -a small culturally Guarani town-, setting and almost constant
referential object of his novelistic world. He participated in the Chaco War between his country
and Bolivia, an experience that he took advantage of for his novel Son of Man (1960), a work
that covers one hundred years of Paraguayan history.

It is worth highlighting the technical rigor with which the author traces his story, as well as the
strength of the mestizo prose with which he transcribes regional speech.

Opposed to the dictatorial regime of his country, he almost always lives abroad (especially in
Buenos Aires) and works as a journalist, lecturer and teacher.

Among his books are several collections of stories: Thunder among the leaves (1953), El baldío
(1966), Burnt wood (1967), Feet on the water (1967), Moriencia (1969) and Present body
(1971). His most relevant work is the novel Yo, el supremo (1974), inspired by the life of the
former dictator of Paraguay between 1814 and 1840. In it, he delves into the roots of
Paraguayan Spanish, promoting the creation of neologisms, deformations and continuous
games both lexical and syntactic.

In addition to writing several film scripts, other of his works are The Fire Chicken (1974), Fight
Until Dawn (1979), The Admiral's Vigil (1992), The Prosecutor (1993), Contravida (1995) and
Madame Sui ( nineteen ninety five).In 1989 he obtained the Cervantes Prize and, the following
year, the National Order of Merit of Paraguay.
 Conclusion

With the completion of this work we know more about the life this worthy Paraguayan
representative, who was the pillar of the foundations of Latin American literature.

Finally, highlight the person he was, the seriousness with which he took all his Works,
since until the last moment of his life he continued to do what he liked the most, so much so
that we can obseve it through his many books made by him.