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| What was the last name of the family whose story is told in 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', Garcia Marquez's most celebrated novel? | Latin American Literature
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| What is the term utilized to describe a technique that combines fantasy with realism, used by many Latin American writers? | Latin American Literature
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Jose Hernandez. The poem, written in colorful dialect, recounts the adventures of a wandering soldier-minstrel and glorifies the vanishing free life of the 'gauchos' in the solitude of the Argentine Pampas.
| Which hero of the South American Independence is the main character of a novel written by Garcia Marquez? | Latin American Literature
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Simon Bolivar. 'The General in his Labyrinth' is a wonderful but sad novel, in which Garcia Marquez pictures the Liberator as a sympathetic figure who dies seeing his world falling apart: his country, the alliances he forged, his dream of American unity, and even his body.
| Which famous Latin American poet is played by Phillip Noiret in the Italian film 'The Postman' (Il Postino)? | Latin American Literature
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Ernesto Sabato. When it was first published in Spanish, 'The Tunnel' won the applause of Thomas Mann and Albert Camus and was described as an existentialist classic.
Brussels. Even though he was born in Belgium and spent most of his life abroad, Julio Cortazar is one of the most outstanding Argentine writers.
None. Unbelievable, but true. He only wrote poetry and great short stories.
| Although Isabel Allende's novel about the Trueba family was rejected by many Spanish publishers, it became a bestseller after being published in Barcelona in 1982. What was the name of this novel? | Latin American Literature
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The House of the Spirits. "The House of the Spirits" incorporated concepts of magical realism, a style popularized by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
| Which Latin American author won the Nobel Prize in 1971 and has written works such as "Body of a Woman" and "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair"? | Latin American Literature
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Pablo Neruda. Neruda also served in the Chilean senate.
| One of the most prominent men in Latin American literature was Octavio Paz. What was his country of origin? | Latin American Literature
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Mexico. Paz's most famous work was probably "The Labyrinth of Solitude".
| Which Peruvian author based his best-known novel, "The Time of the Hero", upon the harsh treatment he received while attending military school in Lima? | Latin American Literature
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Mario Vargas Llosa. Vargas Llosa ran for president of Peru in 1990 but was defeated by Alberto Fujimori. Aside from other works, he also wrote a play known as The Escape of the Inca.
| This Latin American work chronicles the story of the Buendia family. What is this novel, which is set in the fictional town of Macondo? | Latin American Literature
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One Hundred Years of Solitude. The protagonist of this story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the matriarch of the Buendia family, Ursula Iguaran.
| Gabriela Mistral wrote a famous work shortly after the suicide of her fiance. What was this work called? | Latin American Literature
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Sonnets of Death. Mistral's sonnets also appeared in her most famous work, "Desolation".
| Which Latin American author, who was also quite successful, became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature? | Latin American Literature
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Gabriela Mistral. Gabriela Mistral was actually named Lucila Godoy Alcayaga.
| One of the most prominent Latin American authors is also perhaps the most famous Argentine author. In 1962, he compiled a very influential short story collection with the title "Labyrinths". Who is this author? | Latin American Literature
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Jorge Luis Borges. Borges also wrote works such as "Ficciones" and "The Aleph".
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