<\/div>\n\nThe Guatemalan writer, Augusto Monterroso, winner of Spain’s Prince of Asturias literary prize – is credited with writing one of the world’s shortest stories.El Dinosaurio (The Dinosaur) reads in its entirety: “Upon waking, the dinosaur was still there.” <\/p>\n
He also wrote the critically acclaimed The Black Sheep and Other Fables, which has been translated into English. <\/p>\n
The writer died of heart problems in Mexico City where he lived with his wife the Mexican author Barbara Jacobs. <\/p>\n
Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monterroso was however a Guatemalan citizen. <\/p>\n
He was exiled from Guatemala in 1944 for opposing the dictator Jorge Ubico and protesting against United States-owned banana plantations operating in Central America. <\/p>\n
“He is one of the cleanest, most intelligent, transparent and smiling authors in the Spanish language,” the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes said of the writer when he won the Spanish literary award. <\/p>\n
He also received the highest honour the Mexican Government can bestow on foreign dignitaries, the Aguila Azteca, in 1988. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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