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France Returns Remains of Guatemala Nobel Laureate Asturias to Family

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Impulsor of magical realism and great defender of the indigenous world, Asturias (1899-1974) was buried in the famous Parisian cemetery of Père-Lachaise. After more than half a century, his remains will be transferred next week to his native Guatemala. The writer lived in the French capital for several periods, mainly between 1923 and 1933, a crucial stage for his formation, and then as ambassador, between 1966 and 1970. In his early Parisian ye…

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Asturias, a lawyer, writer and diplomat, died at the age of 74 in Spain in 1974 and was buried in the French capital, where he had resided for long periods. His tomb, in the form of a stylized Mayan stela, stands out in the Père-L field

·Warsaw, Poland
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Paris, France. The French authorities handed over this Tuesday in Paris the ashes of writer Michelangelo Asturias, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, to his family for his return to Guatemala, after more than half a century buried in a Parisian cemetery.Asturias, lawyer, writer and diplomat, died at 74 years in Spain in 1974 and was buried in the French capital, where he had resided for long periods. His tomb, in the form of a stylized Mayan ste…

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Paris pays homage to Michelangelo Asturias before the return of his ashes to Guatemala

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Impulsor of magical realism and great defender of the indigenous world, Asturias (1899-1974) was buried in the famous Parisian cemetery of Père-Lachaise. After more than half a century, his remains will be transferred next week to his native Guatemala. The writer lived in the French capital for several periods, mainly between 1923 and 1933, a crucial stage for his formation, and then as ambassador, between 1966 and 1970. In his early Parisian ye…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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From Montparnasse's busy literary cafés to the National Library of France, where part of his personal archive is located, including the diploma and medal of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Paris deeply marked Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel Asturias. An impulsor of magical realism and great defender of the indigenous world, Asturias (1899-1974) was buried in the famous Parisian cemetery of Père-Lachaise. After more than half a century, his remains…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Guatemala City, Nov 4 (Latin Press) Events for the arrival of the ashes of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1967 Miguel Ángel Asturias to Guatemala continue today with the exhibition of manuscripts and correspondence from his personal archive.The post Events for the arrival of ashes from Asturias to Guatemala first appeared on News Prensa Latina.

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EL NACIONAL broke the news on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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