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This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2021 ) This is a list of some of the most important writers from Latin America, organized by cultural region and nationality.
As such, the region's literature is often associated solely with this style, with the 20th century literary movement known as Latin American Boom, and with its most famous exponent, Gabriel García Márquez. Latin American literature has a rich and complex tradition of literary production that dates back many centuries.
Artur Avila (born 1979), Brazilian mathematician; one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such an award. Francisco João de Azevedo (1814–1880), inventor, best known for his invention of Typewriter
It includes American writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.
Latin American poetry is the poetry written by Latin American authors. Latin American poetry is often written in Spanish, but is also composed in Portuguese, Mapuche , Nahuatl , Quechua , Mazatec , Zapotec , Ladino , English, and Spanglish . [ 1 ]
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (Latin American Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈmaɾ.kes] ⓘ; [a] 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the ...
The following is a list of Mexican-American writers. A-C. Oscar Zeta Acosta; José Acosta Torres, author of collection Cachito Mía (1973) [1] Rodolfo Acuña;
In this way, he is an important precursor of the Latin American Boom of the 1960s and 1970s. One of Asturias' most famous novels, El Señor Presidente, describes life under a ruthless dictator. The novel influenced later Latin American novelists in its mixture of realism and fantasy. [2]