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Portrait or photograph of Miguel Angel Asturias: Miguel Ángel Asturias

Virtual Memorial

Miguel Angel Asturias

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Miguel Angel Asturias, remembered for Literature, Nobel Prize, Guatemalan culture.

1899 - 1974Guatemala City, Guatemala
Portrait or photograph of Miguel Angel Asturias: Miguel Angel Asturias' grave marker as a Mayan stela, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France
Miguel Angel Asturias' grave marker as a Mayan stela, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France Photograph by John Allen Wright, This is my own photograph., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Miguel Angel Asturias Is Remembered

Miguel Angel Asturias is remembered for literature, nobel prize, guatemalan culture. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Miguel Angel Asturias.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Guatemala City, Guatemala is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Miguel Angel Asturias's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures, especially those of his native Guatemala.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Miguel Angel Asturias: Allée Miguel-Angel-Asturias, Saint-Denis en Seine-Saint-Denis.

Allée Miguel-Angel-Asturias, Saint-Denis en Seine-Saint-Denis.

Chabe01, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Miguel Angel Asturias: Allée Miguel-Angel-Asturias, Saint-Denis en Seine-Saint-Denis.

Allée Miguel-Angel-Asturias, Saint-Denis en Seine-Saint-Denis.

Chabe01, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Miguel Angel Asturias: Allée Miguel-Angel-Asturias, Saint-Denis en Seine-Saint-Denis.

Allée Miguel-Angel-Asturias, Saint-Denis en Seine-Saint-Denis.

Chabe01, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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