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Repatriation of Miguel Ángel Asturias to Guatemala

Overview

The government of President Bernardo Arévalo de León, in coordination with the family of Nobel laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias, is organizing the repatriation of the author’s remains from France to Guatemala. Asturias, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, passed away in Madrid in 1974 and was interred at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

The repatriation is scheduled for November 12. To honor the author’s legacy, authorities have planned a series of cultural tributes and national honors. These include an exhibition of manuscripts at the National Palace of Culture, a state funeral, and a Mayan ritual at an archaeological complex in the capital. The ceremonies are expected to include Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.

Following the commemorative activities, Asturias’s ashes will be interred at the Miguel Ángel Asturias Cultural Center on November 15. Local organizers in Huehuetenango have also engaged with youth to discuss the significance of his return, which officials describe as an act of “historical justice and cultural memory.”

Entities

Miguel Ángel Asturias · France · Bernardo Arévalo de León · Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala · Luis Méndez Salinas

Timeline

  1. [CULTURE] 2 sources
    Guatemala to repatriate Nobel laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias

    Guatemala will hold a state funeral and national ceremonies following the repatriation of Nobel laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias's remains from France on November 12.

  2. [CULTURE] 7 sources
    Guatemala to repatriate Nobel laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias

    The remains of Nobel laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias will return to Guatemala on November 12 after 52 years in France, marked by a series of national cultural tributes and exhibitions.

Sources

centroamerica360.com · contrapunto.com · elespectador.com · emisorasunidas.com · expedientesinico.com · kultplus.com · noticias.mcd.gob.gt · prensa-latina.cu · prensalibre.com