Latin-American authors

By Rafael1H
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    Colonial Literature

    Between 1607 to the late 1700s, colonial American literature originated from the founding United States colonies and was heavily inspired by British writers.
    Some influential authors were:
    - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (El divino Narciso; 1689)
    - Simón Bolvar
    - Andrés Bello
    - El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
    - Guaman Poma
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    Romanticism

    • José María de Heredia
    • Andrés Bello (1826; “Ode to Agriculture in the Torrid Zone”)
    • José Joaquín de Olmedo (1825; “The Victory at Junín: A Song to Bolívar”)
    • Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1886; Tabaré: An Indian Legend of Uruguay)
    • José Hernández (1872–79; Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine)
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    Modernismo

    • Rubén Darío
    • José Martí
    • Gutiérrez Nájera
    • José Asunción Silva
    • Julián del Casal
    • Santos Chocano
    • Leopoldo Lugones
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    Vanguardia (avant-garde)

    • Gabriela Mistral
    • Vicente Huidobro
    • Nicanor Parra,
    • Pablo Neruda
    • Nicolás Guillén
    • José Lezama Lima
    • Luis Palés Matos
    • Jorge Luis Borges
    • Oliverio Girondo
    • Ernesto Cardenal
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    Latin American Boom

    • Julio Cortázar
    • Carlos Fuentes
    • Gabriel García Márquez
    • Mario Vargas Llosa
    • Juan Rulfo
    • Augusto Roa Bastos
    • Manuel Puig
    • José Lezama Lima
    • José Donoso