Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá

Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá (1917–2007) was a Paraguayan writer, essayist, poet, narrator and literature critic. Doctorate in Laws and Social Sciences by the National University of Asunción in 1943. He earned a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Wisconsin in 1953.

Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá
Born(1917-11-25)25 November 1917
Asunción, Paraguay
Died16 November 2007(2007-11-16) (aged 89)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityParaguayan
Known forPoet, narrator
Notable work"Relatos del Norte y del Sur" (Tales from the North and the South)
"El ojo del bosque" (The Eye of the Forest)
"Primer recuerdo" (First Memory)
AwardsNational Prize for Literature (1999)

He received Paraguay's National Prize for Literature in 1999.[1]

References

  1. "Premio Nacional de Literatura en 1999" [1999 National Prize for Literature]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 16 November 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2022.


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