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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.
Latin American writers sought a Latin American identity, and this would later be closely tied with the Modernismo literary movement. [ 9 ] Male authors mainly dominated colonial literature, with the exception of literary greats such as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz , but a shift began in the 19th century that allowed for more female authors to emerge.
Pages in category "Latin American writers" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
This category includes writers of Hispanic or Latina/o background either from or in the United States. Note: This category has been dispersed into its various subcategories.
Latino literature is literature written by people of Latin American ancestry, often but not always in English, most notably by Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Dominican Americans, many of whom were born in the United States. The origin of the term "Latino literature" dates back to the 1960s, during the Chicano Movement ...
Latin American literature by country (20 C, 20 P). Hispanic and Latino American literature (12 C, 22 P) * Central American literature (8 C, 7 P) +
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]
He was the fourth Latin American to be so honored, having been preceded by Chilean poets Gabriela Mistral in 1945 and Pablo Neruda in 1971 and by Guatemalan novelist Miguel Ángel Asturias in 1967. With Jorge Luis Borges, García Márquez is the best-known Latin American writer in history." [6]