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Augusto Monterroso

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Augusto Monterroso (December 21, 1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Guatemalan writer.

Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monterroso was however a Guatemalan citizen. 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.

Monterroso is credited with writing the world's shortest story, El Dinosaurio ("The Dinosaur"). The story reads in its entirety:

Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.
("When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there.")

In 1988, Augusto Monterroso received the highest honour the Mexican government can bestow on foreign dignitaries, the Águila Azteca. He was also awarded the Spanish Prince of Asturias Award, in 2000. In 1997, Monterroso was awarded the Guatemala National Prize in Literature for his body of work.

He died of heart problems at the age of 81, in Mexico City, where he had lived since 1944.

Books

  • El Dinosaurio (The Dinosaur)
  • La oveja negra y demás fábulas (The Black Sheep and Other Fables)
  • El eclipse (The Eclipse)


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