Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León
Uruguayan writer
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| Intro | Uruguayan writer | |
| Places | Uruguay | |
| is | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1947, Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay | |
| Age | 78 years |
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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.