Augusto Monterroso
| Augusto Monterroso | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 21, 1921 Tegucigalpa |
| Died | February 7, 2003 (aged 81) Mexico City |
| Occupation | Short story writer, editor, diplomat |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Period | 1941 - 2002 |
| Literary movement | Generación del Cuarenta, "Boom" generation |
| Notable awards |
Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras 1975 |
| Spouse | Bárbara Jacobs |
Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras
2000
Premio Nacional de Literatura Miguel Angel Asturias
1997
Premio Juan Rulfo
1996
Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (December 21, 1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, 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 (2000), Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature (1997), and Juan Rulfo Award (1996).
Monterroso was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to a Honduran mother and Guatemalan father. In 1936 his family settled definitively in Guatemala City, where he would remain until early adulthood. Here he published his first short stories and began his clandestine work against the dictatorship of Jorge Ubico. To this end he founded the newspaper El Espectador with a group of other writers.
He was detained and exiled to Mexico City in 1944 for his opposition to the dictatorial regime. Shortly after his arrival in Mexico, the revolutionary government of Jacobo Arbenz triumphed in Guatemala, and Monterroso was assigned to a minor post in the Guatemalan embassy in Mexico. In 1953 he moved briefly to Bolivia upon being named Guatemalan consul in La Paz. He relocated to Santiago de Chile in 1954, when Arbenz's government was toppled with help from an American intervention.
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