Carlos Alberto Navarrete Cáceres (born January 29, 1931 in

Quetzaltenango Quetzaltenango (, also known by its Maya name Xelajú or Xela ) is both the seat of the namesake Department and municipality, in Guatemala. The city is located in a mountain valley at an elevation of above sea level at its lowest part. It ma ...

, Guatemala) is an anthropologist and

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. He studied history and literature at the

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and received his doctorate in anthropology from the

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. He is the author of books on anthropology and the 2002 collection of annotated essays entitled ''Luis Cardoza y Aragón y el Grupo Saker-Ti'', that deals with the work of

Luis Cardoza y Aragón Luis Cardoza y Aragón (June 21, 1904 - September 4, 1992) was a Guatemalan writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat. Born in Antigua Guatemala, he spent part of his life living in exile in Mexico. Cardoza attended primary school in Anti ...

and his participation in a

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organized by the Grupo Saker-Ti. Carlos Navarrete Cáceres was awarded the 2005

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for his body of writings.

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Carlos Navarrete
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