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1. One of the most prominent Latin American authors is also perhaps the most famous Argentine author. In 1962, he compiled a very influential short story collection with the title "Labyrinths". Who is this author?
2. Which Latin American author, who was also quite successful, became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
3. Gabriela Mistral wrote a famous work shortly after the suicide of her fiance. What was this work called?
4. This Latin American work chronicles the story of the Buendia family. What is this novel, which is set in the fictional town of Macondo?
5. Which of these options is NOT written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
6. Which Peruvian author based his best-known novel, "The Time of the Hero", upon the harsh treatment he received while attending military school in Lima?
7. One of the most prominent men in Latin American literature was Octavio Paz. What was his country of origin?
8. Which Latin American author won the Nobel Prize in 1971 and has written works such as "Body of a Woman" and "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair"?
9. Although Isabel Allende's novel about the Trueba family was rejected by many Spanish publishers, it became a bestseller after being published in Barcelona in 1982. What was the name of this novel?
10. Which of the following Latin American authors won a Nobel Prize?
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