HowStuffWorks "Latin-American Literature

Amado, Jorge

Amado, Jorge, ah MAH doh, ZHAWR zhay (1912-2001), was a Brazilian novelist.

Asturias, Miguel Angel

Asturias, Miguel Angel, ahs TOO ryahs, mee GEHL AHNG hehl (1899-1974), a Guatemalan author and diplomat, won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1967.

Borges, Jorge Luis

Borges, Jorge Luis, BAWR hehs, HAWR hay loo EES (1899-1986), was an Argentine man of letters.

Cunha, Euclides da

Cunha, KOO nyuh, Euclides da (1866-1909), a Brazilian newspaper reporter, wrote perhaps the greatest work in Brazilian literature.

Dario, Ruben

Dario, Ruben, dah REE oh, roo BAYN (1867-1916), was the pen name of Felix Ruben Garcia Sarmiento, one of the most important poets to write in Spanish.

Fuentes, Carlos

Fuentes, FWEHN tays, Carlos (1928-...), is Mexico's best-known fiction writer and an important figure in Spanish-American literature.

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Jose

Garcia Marquez, gahr SEE ah MAHR kayz, Gabriel Jose (1928-...), is a Colombian novelist.

Jimenez, Juan Ramon

Jimenez, hee MAY nayth, Juan Ramon (1881-1958), a Spanish poet, won the 1956 Nobel Prize for literature.

Juana Ines de la Cruz

Juana Ines de la Cruz, WAH nuh ee NAYS day lah KROOS (1651-1695), was the greatest poet of the Baroque movement in colonial Latin American literature.

Latin American literature

Latin American literature consists of the literature of the Spanish-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere, of Puerto Rico, and of Portuguese-speaking Brazil.