Miguel Ángel Asturias received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, making them laureate number 63 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are the only writer from Guatemala to have won the prize.
Our pick for reading Miguel Ángel Asturias for the first time is El Señor Presidente.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.