Augusto Roa Bastos

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Augusto Roa Bastos (June 13, 1917 – April 26, 2005) was a He was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer.

He served in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia as an infant and later worked as a journalist, screenwriter, and professor.

He is best known for his intricate book Yo el Supremo (I, the Supreme) and for winning the Premio Miguel de Cervantes in 1989, Spain literature's most coveted award.

Yo el Supremo delves into José Gaspar Rodrón, Paraguay's eccentric king who ruled with an iron fist from 1814 to his death in 1840. Roa Bastos' life and writing were influenced by her time in authoritarian military dictatorships.

He was forced into exile in Argentina in 1947, and he left Buenos Aires for France in 1976 under similar political circumstances.

The bulk of Roa Bastos' book was written in exile, but this did not stop him from vigorously addressing Paraguayan social and historical issues in his research.

Roa Bastos converted Paraguayan myths and symbols into a Baroque style of magical realism, albeit in a Spanish that was significantly enhanced by Guaran words (the key

He is considered a latecomer to the Latin American Boom literary movement.

The canon includes the books Hijo de hombre (1960; Son of Man) and El fiscal (1993; The Prosecutor), as well as numerous other books, short stories, poems, and screenplays, Roa Bastos' collection includes Hijo de hombre (1960) and El fiscal (1993; The Prosecutor).

Early life (1917–1932)

Roa Bastos was born in Asunción on June 13, 1917. He spent his childhood in Iturbe, a provincial town in the Guaira region, where his father was a sugar plantation administrator. Roa Bastos learned to speak both Spanish and Guarano, the language of Paraguay's indigenous people, while 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Asunción, Colombia's capital. He was sent to school in Asunción at the age of ten, where he stayed with his uncle, Hermenegildo Roa, Asunción's liberal bishop.

The young Roa Bastos' first introduction to Baroque and Renaissance literature, which he would imitate in his early poetry throughout the 1930s and 1940s was provided by his uncle's vast personal library. In addition, Roa Bastos' later writings would highlight his uncle's emphasis on classic literature's magical aspects. His experience of Guaran's social and linguistic education, as well as Asunción's formal Spanish education, created a cultural and linguistic duality that would appear in a large part of Roa Bastos' writing. Roa Bastos' rural upbringing exposed him to the violence and exploitation of Paraguay's indigenous and peasant peoples, which would also be a common theme in his writing.

The territorial Chaco War began in 1932 in Paraguay and Bolivia and has lasted until 1935. Roa Bastos joined the Paraguayan army as a medical auxiliary at some time, perhaps as late as 1934. "I dreamed of purification in the midst of war," the war would have a major influence on the future writer, who said, "I dreamed of purification in the fire of battles." Rather than glory, Roa Bastos discovered "maimed bodies" and "destruction" that left him wondering "why two brother nations, Bolivia and Paraguay, were massacring each other," and as a result, Roa Bastos became a pacifist."

He began working as a bank clerk and then as a journalist shortly after the war. He began writing plays and poetry during this period. Although Roa Bastos won the Ateneo Paraguayo award for Fulgencia Miranda in 1941, the book was never released. He spent considerable time in northern Paraguay researching the yerba mate plantations, which he would later revisit in his first published book, Hijo de hombre (1960; Son of Man). He was named editorial secretary for Asunción's daily newspaper El Pas in 1942.

In 1944, the British Council awarded Roa Bastos a nine-month fellowship for journalism in London. He travelled extensively in Britain, France, and Africa during this period and witnessed WWII's wretchedness first hand. He was El Pa's war correspondent, recording an interview with General Charles de Gaulle after the latter's return to Paris in 1945. At the invitation of the BBC and France's Ministry of Information, Roa Bastos also broadcast Latin American programs.

Roa Bastos continued to write and was regarded as a poet of the Paraguayan avant garde during this traumatic period of his life. He published a book of poems in the Spanish style in 1942, titled El Ruise De La Aurora (The Dawn Nightingale), a work he later renounced. He appeared in theaters during the 1940s, but they weren't published. Only "El naranjal ardente" (1960; "The Burning Orange Grove") was published in his prolific poetry of the late 1940s.

Roa Bastos was forced to flee Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the 1947 Paraguayan Civil War because he had spoken out against President Higinio Morro. Around 500,000 of his Paraguayan brothers and sisters left for Argentina at the same time. Roa Bastos lived in Argentina long before the unification of the military dictatorship in 1976, but he did not return to Paraguay permanently until 1989. He found exile difficult, but his time in Buenos Aires was brief, but it was a fruitful period. Roa Bastos said this in reference to his exile: Roa Bastos said this in reference to his exile:

El trueno entre las hojas (1953; Thunder Among the Leaves) was published and distributed internationally, but Roa Bastos didn't know what was to be popular and popular in 1953 until 1960, when the book Hijo de hombre (Son of Man) was released. The book explores Paraguay's oppressive past, from the time of Dr. Jose Gaspar de Francia's reign to the Chaco War in the 1930s. Yo, el Supremo's most popular work, written more than a decade ago, has multiple narrative perspectives and political themes. In the same year as its debut, Roa Bastos turned Hijo de hombre into an award-winning film.

With the screenplay of Shunko (1960), directed by Lautaro Mura and based on the memoirs of a country school teacher, Roa Bastos established himself as a screen writer. In 1961, he collaborated with Muras Gardelito (1961), which chronicled urban petty crime lives and became a major nuevo cine movement film. Roa Bastos unveiled his influential work Yo, el Supremo, in 1974, the result of seven years of study. The book was banned in Argentina when Jorge Rafael Videla's military dictatorship came to power in 1976, but Roa Bastos was exiled again, this time to Toulouse, France.

At the University of Toulouse, Roa Bastos taught Guaran and Spanish literature. Despite being able to travel Paraguay for a new generation of He was refused admission in 1982 for reportedly participating in unlawful conduct. However, there are no evidence that he was involved in sectarian politics of any sort. Roa Bastos' second forced relocation of his life in France, but he also gained a new readership for his work at that time. Helen Lane's English translation of Yo el Supremo (I the Supreme), first published in 1986, received acclaim in the English-speaking world. However, Roa Bastos' writing focus in France was mainly academic, and his literary output did not reflect that of his time in Argentina. Roa Bastos graduated from the University of Toulouse in 1985. Roa Bastos returned to Paraguay on the request of its new boss Andrés Rodroez following the fall of the authoritarian regime in 1989.

Roa Bastos was named by the Spanish Royal Academy in recognition of his contributions to Spanish-language literature following the demise of the Stroessner regime. Roa Bastos first began to travel between Paraguay and France at this time. Roa Bastos, a Paraguayan, signed The Morelia Declaration in 1991 "demanding the reversal of the planet's ecological degradation." Roa Bastos revived her role as a prolific novelist and screenwriter at this time.

Yo, el Supremo, was adapted for the screen by Roa Bastos in 1991. Yo, el Supremo, Vigilia del admirante (1992; Vigil of the Admiral) was published in 1992, and El fiscal (1993; The Prosecutor) the following year. Although neither of his later books had the same effect as his earlier ones, El fiscal is regarded as a significant work. Roa Bastos died in Asunción on April 26 from a heart attack. He was rescued by his three children, his third wife, Iris Giménez, and his fame as one of Latin America's best writers.

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