Óscar Cerruto was a Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

n poet

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

, novel

Novel

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ist, short story

Short story

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 writer, journalist

Journalist

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 and diplomat

Diplomat

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. Born in the city of La Paz

La Paz

Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...

 in 1912, he died there in 1981.

Considered as one of the five most important Bolivian writers of the past century, Oscar Cerruto is the author of the main social novels published in Bolivia. His work not only includes literature

Literature

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, but also Journalism

Journalism

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 as well as Spanish grammar

Spanish grammar

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studies.