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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.
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Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and the indigenous languages of Latin America. This article is only about Latin American literature from countries where Spanish is the native/official language (e.g. former Spanish colonies).
The individuals listed on this page are either of unknown ethnic background or are from Latin American countries for which there has not yet been a category formed (e.g., American writers of Honduran descent).
Some scholars view him as the first Latin American novelist to show how the study of anthropology and linguistics could affect the writing of literature. [1] While in Paris, Asturias also associated with the Surrealist movement, and he is credited with introducing many features of modernist style into Latin American letters.
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 ]
Julio Cortázar (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers). Bloom, Harold, 2004; Weiss, Jason (2003). The Lights of Home: a century of Latin American writers in Paris. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-94013-9. Standish, Peter (2001). Understanding Julio Cortázar (Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature). University of South ...
The rise of Latin American literature began with the writings of José Martí, Rubén Darío and José Asunción Silva's modernist departures from the European literary canon. European modernist writers like James Joyce have also influenced the writers of the Boom, as have the Latin American writers of the Vanguardia movement. [18]