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Augusto Roa Bastos
(Novelist)
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Birthdate: June 13, 1917
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
Died: April 26, 2005
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Faith Wilding
(Multidisciplinary artist)
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1
Birthdate: 1943 AD
Birthplace: Paraguay
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Manuel Ortiz Guerrero
(Poet)
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1
Birthdate: July 16, 1894
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Villarrica, Paraguay
Died: May 8, 1933
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Peter P. Klassen
(Author)
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0
Birthdate: 1926 AD
Birthplace: Soviet Union
Died: July 29, 2018
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Emiliano R. Fernandez
(Poet)
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0
Birthdate: August 8, 1894
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Yvysunu, Guarambaré, Paraguay
Died: September 15, 1949
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Antonio Ortiz Mayans
(Composer)
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Birthdate: June 20, 1908
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
Died: May 7, 1995
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Gabriel Casaccia
(Novelist)
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0
Birthdate: April 20, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
Died: November 24, 1980
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Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga
(Poet)
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0
Birthdate: May 19, 1944
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paraguay
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Epifanio Mendez Fleitas
(Writer)
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0
Birthdate: April 7, 1917
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paraguay
Died: November 22, 1985
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Ticio Escobar
(Former Paraguayan Minister of Culture Who Is a Lawyer, Museum Curator, Author, and Professor)
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Birthdate: February 9, 1947
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
Former culture minister of Paraguay Ticio Escobar is not just a qualified lawyer but is also the founder-director of the Museo del Barro in Asuncion. The Prince Claus Award winner has also been a university professor and has penned several books on the Paraguayan indigenous community.
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Carmen Soler
(Educator)
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0
Birthdate: August 4, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
Died: November 19, 1985
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Julio Correa
(Poet)
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0
Birthdate: August 30, 1890
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
Died: July 14, 1953
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Gloria del Paraguay
(Soprano)
1
0
Birthplace: Paraguay
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Arami Ullon
(Film director)
1
0
Birthdate: October 3, 1978
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Asuncion, Paraguay
15
Jose Ricardo Mazo
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: 1927 AD
Birthplace: Pilar, Paraguay
Died: 1987 AD
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Raquel Chaves
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: 1939 AD
Birthplace: Paraguaya
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Elsa Wiezell
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: November 19, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
Died: August 23, 2014
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Maria Luisa Artecona de Thompson
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: July 12, 1919
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Guarambare, Paraguay
Died: December 10, 2003
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Roque Vallejos
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: 1943 AD
Birthplace: Paraguay
Died: April 2, 2006
20
Susy Delgado
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: December 20, 1949
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Lorenzo, Paraguay
21
Nestor Amarilla
(Playwright)
1
0
Birthdate: July 24, 1980
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paraguay
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Juan Carlos Herken Krauer
(Economist)
1
0
Birthdate: January 24, 1953
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tebicuary, Paraguay
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Elvio Romero
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: December 1, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yegros, Paraguay
Died: May 19, 2004
24
Josefina Pla
(Poet)
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1
Birthdate: November 9, 1903
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Isla de Lobos, Canarias, Spain
Died: January 11, 1999
Josefina Plá was a Spanish-born Paraguayan dramatist, poet, historian and sculptor, who yielded great influence on the 20th century Paraguayan culture. Gaining fame for her earliest poems like El precio de los sueños, she began operating a radio theater for the soldiers in the field during the Chaco War and later wrote many historical works including El barroco Hispano-guaraní .
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Juan Carlos Da Costa
(Paraguayan Writer, Activist, Politician, and Main Leader of the Clandestine Movement ‘OPM’)
1
0
Birthdate: 1944 AD
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
Died: 1976 AD
Paraguayan writer, activist and politician Juan Carlos Da Costa was imprisoned and later deported to Argentina for resisting the regime of President Alfredo Stroessner. He later secretly entered Paraguay and become main leader of the clandestine movement OPM that endeavoured in creating an armed resistance against dictator Stroessner’s repressive government. Da Costa later died in a gunfight with the police.
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Guido Rodriguez Alcala
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: October 6, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
27
Clementino Ocampos
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: November 14, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Died: January 4, 2001
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Lourdes Espinola
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: February 9, 1954
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay
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Ruben Bareiro Saguier
(Writer)
1
0
Birthdate: January 22, 1930
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Villeta, Paraguay
Died: March 25, 2014
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Gladys Carmagnola
(Poet)
1
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Birthdate: January 2, 1939
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Guarambaré, Paraguay
Died: July 9, 2015
