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The Most Famous

WRITERS from Honduras

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This page contains a list of the greatest Honduran Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 5,755 Writers, 1 of which were born in Honduras. This makes Honduras the birth place of the 132nd most number of Writers behind Bahrain and Dominica.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Honduran Writers of all time. This list of famous Honduran Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Augusto Monterroso (1921 - 2003)

With an HPI of 51.64, Augusto Monterroso is the most famous Honduran Writer.  His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.

Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (December 21, 1921 – February 7, 2003) was a Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, known for the ironical and humorous style of his short stories. He is considered an important figure in the Latin American "Boom" generation, and received several awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature (2000), Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature (1997), and Juan Rulfo Award (1996).

Pantheon has 1 people classified as writers born between 1921 and 1921. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased writers include Augusto Monterroso.

Deceased Writers

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