Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan activist who fought for indigenous rights, won the Nobel Peace Prize and wrote two famous autobiographies. Miguel Angel Asturis, a Guatemalan writer, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1967. Contemporary Guatemalan art is influenced by ancient Pre-Columbian traditions and includes works by artists like Dagoberto Vásquez and Carlos Mérida. Guatemala has a diverse musical culture including genres from European classical music to Latin pop and mariachi that are performed by many contemporary groups.