"I have always believed that biography is the least relevant form of literature, although it ends up passing for the most important."
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About Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005) was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer, considered one of the most significant Latin American writers of the 20th century. His most famous work, 'I, the Supreme' (1974), is a historical novel that critiques the dictatorship and power dynamics in Paraguay. Roa Bastos was exiled from Paraguay during the dictatorship and lived in Argentina, France, and other countries, where he continued to write and support the resistance against the oppressive regime.
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