Literature 1
This Colombian author, a master of magical realism, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 and is best known for his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Gabriel García Márquez
This Uruguayan author of Open Veins of Latin America wrote political essays and poetic short stories.
Eduardo Galeano
First Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
AND (2 Questions, 2 diff answers)
This author is best known for Beka Lamb, a coming-of-age novel that explores post-colonial identity, gender, and political change in Belize during the 1950s.
Oscar Hijuelos
Zee Edgell
This Dominican-American writer is best known for How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
Julia Alvarez
This Afro-Cuban poet celebrated black identity and culture in works like “Balada de los dos abuelos.”
Nicolás Guillén
This Chilean poet was the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Gabriela Mistral
This Cuban-American author wrote Dreaming in Cuban, which explores family life before and after the Cuban Revolution.
Cristina García
This epic poem by Alonso de Ercilla tells the story of the Spanish conquest of Chile.
La Araucana
This Peruvian author uses multiple narrative voices to critique this country’s political corruption in his work Conversation in the Cathedral
Mario Vargas Llosa’s
Dominican poet, writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by congress in 1984, and member of the generation of "Independent poets of the 1940s" in Dominican poetry.
Pedro Mir
This Peruvian writer won the Nobel Prize in 2010 and wrote The Time of the Hero.
Mario Vargas Llosa
This Mexican novel by Juan Rulfo features a town populated by the dead.
Pedro Páramo
In this magical realist novel, Tita communicates emotions through food.
Like Water for Chocolate
This U.S. born Chicana poet and scholar wrote Borderlands/La Frontera to explore hybrid identity and language.
Gloria Anzaldúa
This 19th-century Cuban author wrote Sab, one of the earliest anti-slavery novels in the Americas.
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
This Chilean-American author gained international fame with her debut novel The House of the Spirits and is known for blending historical fiction with magical realism.
Isabel Allende
This revolutionary poet from Nicaragua helped introduce Modernismo to Latin American poetry.
Rubén Darío
This Mexican nun and poet is considered one of the first feminist writers in the Americas.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
This Dominican-American author blends folklore, science fiction, and trauma in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Junot Díaz
Salvadoran poet, essayist, journalist, communist activist and intellectual. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets, writing emotional strong works dealing with life, death, love, and politics.
Roque Dalton
Known for his lyrical celebration of Salvadoran landscapes and rural life, this poet authored Jícaras Tristes, one of El Salvador’s most beloved poetry collections.
Alfredo Espino
This Mexican poet won the Nobel Prize in 1990 and wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude about Mexican identity.
Octavio Paz
This Cuban poet and national hero wrote Versos Sencillos, which includes the lyrics to "Guantanamera."
José Martí
This Guatemalan author won the Nobel Prize in 1967 for works like El Señor Presidente, which critique dictatorship.
Miguel Ángel Asturias
This Puerto Rican poet wrote Puerto Rican Obituary, a searing poem about Nuyorican identity.
AND (Two questions, two diff answers)
This Argentine writer is celebrated for his intricate short stories exploring themes of infinity, mirrors, and labyrinths, especially in collections like Ficciones and El Aleph.
Pedro Pietri
Jorge Luis Borges