▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁in ▁Liter ature ▁for ▁his ▁life ' s ▁work , ▁including ▁. ▁Upon ▁receiving ▁the ▁prize , ▁he ▁gave ▁a ▁lecture ▁regarding ▁Latin ▁American ▁literature ▁as ▁both ▁" test im ony " ▁and ▁" inst rument ▁for ▁struggle ". ▁ ▁In ▁particular , ▁he ▁spoke ▁about ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁for ging ▁a ▁new ▁style ▁of ▁novel ▁in ▁Latin ▁America , ▁drawing ▁on ▁the ▁region ' s ▁ind igen ous ▁her itage . ▁This ▁new ▁style ▁would ▁make ▁the ▁novel ▁a ▁vehicle ▁of ▁hope ▁and ▁light ▁in ▁what ▁he ▁term ed ▁" this ▁night ▁that ▁threat ens ▁us ▁now ". ▁It ▁would ▁be ▁" the ▁aff irm ation ▁of ▁the ▁optim ism ▁of ▁those ▁writers ▁that ▁def ied ▁the ▁In quisition , ▁opening ▁a ▁bre ach ▁in ▁the ▁conscience ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁for ▁the ▁march ▁of ▁the ▁Liber ators ". ▁ ▁The ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁Committee , ▁in ▁award ing ▁the ▁prize , ▁described ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁terms : ▁This ▁magnific ent ▁and ▁trag ic ▁sat ire ▁critic izes ▁the ▁prototype ▁of ▁the ▁Latin ▁American ▁dict ator ▁who ▁appeared ▁in ▁several ▁places ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁century ▁and ▁has ▁since ▁re app eared , ▁his ▁existence ▁being ▁fost ered ▁by ▁the ▁mechanism ▁of ▁ty ran ny ▁which , ▁for ▁the ▁common ▁man , ▁makes ▁every ▁day ▁a ▁hell ▁on ▁earth . ▁The ▁passion ate ▁vig our ▁with ▁which ▁Ast ur ias ▁ev okes ▁the ▁terror ▁and ▁dist rust ▁which ▁poison ed ▁the ▁social ▁atmosphere ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁makes ▁his ▁work ▁a