Tadeo Zarratea Dávalos (born 28 October 1946 in

Yuty Yuty is a town in the Caazapá Department of Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bord ...

) is a Paraguayan lawyer, activist, linguist, and author. Graduated as lawyer and linguist at

Universidad Nacional de Asunción The Universidad Nacional de Asunción or Mbo'ehaovusu Tetãgua Paraguaygua, abbreviated UNA, anglicized as, The National University of Asuncion, is a public university founded in San Lorenzo, Paraguay. Founded in 1889, it is the oldest and most t ...

, he has long advocated for the rights of indigenous people. He became famous as the author of ''

Kalaito Pombero ''Kalaito Pombero'' is a 1981 novel by Paraguayan writer Tadeo Zarratea (born 1946). It is one of the first novels to be ever written in the Guarani language, preceded just a year earlier by ''Mitã rerahaha'' (written by Juan Maidana). Refere ...

'', one of the first novels to ever be 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 ...

Selected works

* * * (with Feliciano Acosta Alcaraz) * * (with Feliciano Acosta Alcaraz) *

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Tadeo Zarratea
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