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The masterpiece of Miguel Ángel Asturias, winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature, is the pioneer of the Latin American magical realism literary genre and one of the 100 best Spanish-language novels of the 20th century. It contains the ancient and heavy tradition and reality of Latin America, shining with a mythical luster; it is a symbol of the perfect fit between local and foreign, content and form among Latin American writers. "Corn Man" is the representative work of Miguel Ángel Asturias, the main founder of the magical realism literary genre in Latin America. It can be called a masterpiece of art. The main line of the story is the conflict and struggle between Indians and native white people over the cultivation of corn. The Indians cultivated corn for subsistence and survival. In their religious beliefs, corn was transformed by humans, and humans relied on eating corn to survive. The native white people did not think so. They only grew corn to make huge profits. For this reason, a life-and-death struggle began between the Indians headed by Chief Gaspar Iron and the white forces.