Awards & Winners

Augusto Monterroso

Date of Birth 21-December-1921
Place of Birth Tegucigalpa
(Honduras, Francisco Morazán Department)
Nationality Guatemala
Also know as Augusto Monterroso Bonilla
Profession Writer, Editor, Diplomat
Augusto Monterroso Bonilla was a Guatemalan writer, known for the ironical and humorous style of his short stories. He is considered an important figure in the Latin American "Boom" generation, and received several awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature, and Juan Rulfo Award.

Awards by Augusto Monterroso

Check all the awards nominated and won by Augusto Monterroso.

2000


Prince of Asturias Award for Literature
(His narrative works and essays create a literary universe of extraordinary ethical and aesthetic depth, highlighted by a Cervantine, melancholic sense of humour)

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Neustadt International Prize for Literature