Authors
Chilean Poet who supposedly derived their nickname from a Czech poet. Known as a surrealist writer, beloved by his country though seen as controversial today due to his misogynistic actions and writing.
Who is Pablo Neruda
A fictional retelling of the assassination of a dictator and the effects it had on the country and its people.
What is The Feast of the Goat?
Who wrote this or what is this poem called?
From now on, my head won't look down to a magazine
Rather, it will contemplate the night
And its bright stars,
And so, no more clichés.
Who is Octavia Paz? / What is “No More Clichés?”
Winner of the 1971 prize?
Pablo Neruda
A popular 20th century movement in art and writing describing dream-like scenarios and a departure from logic and reality
What is surrealism?
Columbian writer known for “magic realism” in his writings, focusing on Latin American folklore.
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
Most famous novel written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez detailing the history of a family spanning generations and how colonialism, corruption and solitude has effected their lives and familial dynamics
What is One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Who wrote this or what is this poem called?
Sadness doesn’t always bloom as a flower
Nor the flower grow enough to overtake the air,
To spout “Mother are you listening to me? I’m the one
Who wears loves heart here on the outside like wire.”
Who is Vincente Aleixandre? / What is “Mother, Mother?”
Who won the 1977 prize?
Who is Vincente Aleixandre?
A specific, mystic, form of writing, popular in GGM writing, depicting unrealistic magical elements as usual or realistic in the setting.
What is magical realism?
Peruvian writer who once ran for president in his native country.
Who is Mario Vargas Llosa?
A non-fiction essay about identity and the “Mask” a certain Latin American country’s people wear.
What is The Mexican Mask?
Who wrote this or what is this poems title?
Through nights like this one I held her in my arms
I kissed her again and again under the endless sky.
She loved me sometimes, and I loved her too.
How could one not have loved her great still eyes.
Who is Pablo Neruda / What is “Tonight I can Write the Saddest Lines”
Who won the 1990 prize?
Who is Octavio Paz?
Movement emerging from the destruction of WW1 and rapid industrialization urging a break from traditional structures and an exploration inward thought through free verse and stream of consciousness writing.
What is Modernism?
Writer focused on solitude and Latin American identity, specifically Mexican identity.
Who is Octavio Paz?
GShort Story about a dying corrupt politician containing many “magical” elements.
What is Death Constant Beyond Love?
Who wrote this or what is this poem called?
Stone of the sum, pure among territories
Spain veined with bloods and metals, blue and victorious,
Proletariat of petals and bullets
Alone, alive, somnolent, resounding
Who is Pablo Neruda? / What is “The Way Spain Was?”
Who won the 1982 prize?
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
Term identifying artistic movements that aimed to critique society from an objective point of view
What is Social Realism?
Spanish writer, who once worked as a censor for the Franco Regime at one point in his life.
Who is Camilo Jose Cela?
Novel about the aftermath of Franco taking control of Spain, told through the lens of multiple characters as the fear and manipulation of the regime looms over them and influences their actions.
What is The Hive?
Who wrote this or what is this poem called?
Oh you, song that sings for a body, dead or alive,
For a beautiful person who sleeps under the ground,
You sing the color of stone, color of kiss or lip,
Sing as if the seashells lustre were breathing or asleep.
Who is Vincente Aleixandre? / What is “Song for a Dead Girl?”
Who won the 1989 prize?
Who is Camilo Jose Cela?
Crude form of realism, popular in Cela’s writing, focusing on portraying a more brutal side of realism and reality. Has more themes of violence and suffering.
What is Tremendismo?