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Featured Article: 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. See more »

Amado, Jorge

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

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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.

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Borges, Jorge Luis

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

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Cunha, Euclides da

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

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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.

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Fuentes, Carlos

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

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Jose

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

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Jimenez, Juan Ramon

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

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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.

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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.

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Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria

Machado de Assis, mah SHAH du dih ah SEES, Joaquim Maria (1839-1908), was a Brazilian author.

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Mistral, Gabriela

Mistral, Gabriela, mees TRAHL, gah bree EH lah (1889-1957), was the pen name of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet and educator.

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Neruda, Pablo

Neruda, Pablo, nay ROOD uh, PAH bloh (1904-1973), a Chilean poet, won the 1971 Nobel Prize for literature.

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Paz, Octavio

Paz, Octavio, pahs, awk TAH vyoh (1914-1998), a Mexican poet and essayist, won the 1990 Nobel Prize for literature.

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Rodo, Jose Enrique

Rodo, Jose Enrique, roh DOH, hoh ZAY ayn REE kay (1872?-1917), was a Uruguayan thinker and essayist.

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Torres Bodet, Jaime

Torres Bodet, Jaime, TAWR rays baw THEHT, HY may (1902-1974), was an important Mexican poet, educator, and statesman.

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Vargas Llosa, Mario

Vargas Llosa, VAHR gahs YOH sah, Mario (1936-...), is the first Peruvian novelist to win international renown.

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