Augusto Guzmán (1903-1994) was a Bolivian writer and historian. He was a soldier during the Chaco War (1932-1935). He wrote three novels, La sima fecunda (1933), Prisionero de Guerra (1937) and Bellacos y paladines (1964). The first two novels are considered among the best novels in Bolivian literature. One of his short stories "La cruel Martina" was adapted into a film by John Miranda.
