''Kalaito Pombero'' is a 1981 novel by Paraguayan writer

Tadeo Zarratea Tadeo Zarratea Dávalos (born 28 October 1946 in Yuty) is a Paraguayan lawyer, activist, linguist, and author. Graduated as lawyer and linguist at Universidad Nacional de Asunción, he has long advocated for the rights of indigenous people. He be ...

(born 1946). It is one of the first novels to be ever written in the

Guarani language Guaraní (), specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani ( "the people's language"), is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of P ...

, preceded just a year earlier by ''Mitã rerahaha'' (written by

Juan Maidana ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

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Paraguayan novels 1981 novels Guarani-language literature {{1980s-novel-stub