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Also Known As	Augusto Antonio Roa Bastos
Born	June 13, 1917 • Paraguay
Died	April 26, 2005 (aged 87) • Asunción • Paraguay
Awards And Honors	Cervantes Prize (1989)
Notable Works	“El Baldío” • “I, The Supreme” • “Son of Man”

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