Sinopsis

-Miguel Angel Asturias was a Guatemalan poet, novelist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1967. Asturias's writings combine the mysticism of the Maya with epic impulse toward social protest. -The Strong Wind is a fictional account of the results of foreign control over the Central American banana industry and the exploitation of native Indians on banana plantations. In 1948 he wrote his novel Viento fuerte (Strong Wind), an indictment of the effect of North American imperialism on the economic realities of his country. -He was greatly inspired by the Maya culture of Central America. He believed in the sacredness of the Mayan traditions and worked to bring life back into its culture by integrating the Indian imagery and tradition into his novels. Asturias was very concerned with the marginalization and poverty of the Maya people in Guatemala. Asturias spent much of his life in exile because of his public opposition to dictatorial rule. -He believed that socio-economic development in Guatemala depended on better integration of indigenous communities, a more equal distribution of wealth in the country, and working to lower the rates of illiteracy amongst other prevalent issues. Asturias' choice to publicize some of the political problems of Guatemala in his novels brought international attention to them.