In the arenas of theatre, music and literature, Paraguay has produced some of the most talented artists to come from the southern hemisphere. In literature, the undoubted king of Paraguay would be the renowned poet and author Augusto Roa Bastos.

Bastos who is acknowledged as one of the most exceptional writers to come out of South America, spent almost half his life in regretful exile from his homeland. Mixing Spanish, and his native Paraguayan Guaraní language, Roa Bastos spun intricate tales of power and deceit, culminating in his groundbreaking work “Yo, el Supremo.” A paragon for modern South American writers his work has influenced luminaries such as Isabel Allende, Eraclia Zepeda, Antonio Skarmeta, Saul Ibargoyen, and Luisa Valenzuela.

It is not only in the field of literature that this small plucky nation has manage to break the mould. Paraguayan music, which is unique in Latin America, retains a particularly European feel which distances it a little from the very Latin Brazilian and Argentinean sounds. The slow melancholy sound is at odds with the faster more upbeat rhythm of other Latin American music.  The father of Paraguayan music was undoubtedly Agustín Barrios, whose compositions for the guitar have enticed and entertained audiences for three quarters of a century. The musician would often perform his music in full Guarana costume, giving a uniquely Paraguayan feel to his performances.

The theater is still a lively medium within Paraguay. Initially influenced heavily by Spanish theatre, the modern-arts community within Paraguay has manage to marry this Spanish tradition with the uniquely Paraguayan feel, and often present works in the native Guaraní language.

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