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Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León

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Napoleón Baccino
Born
Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León

1947
Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupationwriter
AwardsFraternity Award
Casa de las Américas Prize

Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León (born Montevideo, 1947) is an Uruguayan writer. He is best known for his historical novel Maluco. La Novela de Los Descubridores, a fictional account of Magellan's circumnavigation of the world. The book won the Premio Casa de las Américas in 1989. It was later translated into English by Nick Caistor and into French by Nelly Lhermillier.[1]

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