[1] In 1996, along with Mexico's Octavio Paz, Spain's Rafael Alberti, and Nicaragua's Ernesto Cardenal, he was one of the 50 intellectuals awarded the Gabriela Mistral Medal by the government of Chile.
Segments of his novel El cuento de la guerra (The War Story) have been translated into English, French and German.
Bähr is a member of "Artistas de la Gente", a collective of five artists of different generations and disciplines who develop critical political art.
He is stayed in Tegucigalpa, where he runs a non-profit editorial service to promote publication among low-income Honduran and Central American artists and students.
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