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ANCIENT Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
POSTCLASSICAL Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
EARLY MODERN Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
19TH CENTURY Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
20TH CENTURY Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE
CULTURE VERBAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS PERFORMING ARTS
(Lit-Lng-Script-Myth-Folklore) (Pnt-Sculp-Arch ) (Dnc-Mus-Thea-Cin)
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EARLY MODERN Verbal Arts Visual Arts Performing Arts
19TH CENTURY Verbal Arts Visual Arts Performing Arts
20TH CENTURY Verbal Arts Visual Arts Performing Arts
LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITERATURE GENRES POETRY DRAMA ESSAY AUTO?BIOGRAPHY FICTION
ANCIENT
POSTCLASSICAL
EARLY MODERN Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
19TH CENTURY Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
20TH CENTURY Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
LATIN AMERICAN LITERARY WORKS
North America
MEXICO
Cruz, Sor Juana Ines de la(1648-1695) INUNDACION CASTALIDA(1689)
Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel(1834-1893) EL ZARCO, THE BANDIT(1901)
Azuela, Mariano (1873-1952) UNDERDOGS (1915)-FLIES(1918)
Traven, B.(1882-1969) DEATH SHIP (1926)
Fernandez De Litardi, Jose Joaquin(1776-1827) ITCHING PARROT (1816)
Yanez, Agustin(1904-1980) EDGE OF THE STORM (1947)
Galarza, Ernesto(1905-1984) BARRIO BOY(1971)
Paz, Octavio(1914-1998) LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE, THE(1950)
Rulfo, Juan(1917-1986) PEDRO PÁRAMO(1955)
Fuentes, Carlos (1928-2012) WHERE THE AIR IS CLEAR (1958)- DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ (1962)- OLD GRINGO (1985)
Esquivel, Laura(1950- ) LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE(1989)
Middle America
GUATEMALA
Asturias, Miguel Angel(1899-1974) SENOR PRESIDENTE, EL(1946)
NICARAGUA
Dario, Ruben(1867-1916) PROSAS PROFANAS, AND OTHER POEMS(1896)
Islands
ANTIGUA
Kincaid, Jamaica(1949- ) ANNIE JOHN(1985)
CUBA
Carpentier, Alejo(1904-1980) EXPLOSION IN A CATHEDRAL(1962)
Hijuelos, Oscar(1951-2013) OUR HOUSE IN THE LAST WORLD(1983)-MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE (1989)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Rhys, Jean(1890-1979) WIDE SARGASSO SEA(1966)
Alvarez, Julia(1950- ) HOW THE GARDA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS(1991)- IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES(1994)
GUADELOUPE
Condé, Maryse (1937- ) SEASON IN RIHATA, A(1981)
HAITI
Dancicat, Edwige(1969- ) FARMING OF BONES (1998)
MARTINIQUE
Fanon, Frantz(1925-1961) WRETCHED OF THE EARTH (1961)
South America
ARGENTINA
Hernandez, José(1834-1886) GAUCHO MARTIN FIERRO (1872-1879)
Hudson, W. H(1862-1922) GREEN MANSIONS(1904)
Sánchez, Florencio(1875-1910) FOREIGN GIRL (1904)
Güiraldes, Ricardo(1886-1927) DON SEGUNDO SOMBRA(1926)
Borges, Jorge Luis(1899-1986) FICCIONES(1944)
Mallea, Eduardo(1903-1982) FIESTA IN NOVEMBER(1938)BAY OF SILENCE (1940)
Cortazar, Julio (1914-1984) PURSUER (1959)-WINNERS (1960)-HOPSCOTCH (1963)
Puig, Manuel(1932-1990) KISS OF THE SPİDER WOMAN(1976)
BRAZIL
Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria(1839-1908) EPITAPH OF A SMALL WINNER(1881)- PHILOSOPHER OR DOG?(1891)-DOM CASMURRO(1899)
Lins Do Rego, Jose(1901-1957) PLANTATION BOY(1932-1934)
Amado, Jorge(1912-2001) VIOLENT LAND, THE(1942)- GABRIELA, CLOVE AND CINNAMON(1958)- DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS(1966)
Lispector, Clarice(1920-1977) PASSION ACCORDING TO G. H. (1964)
Coelho, Paulo(1947- ) ALCHEMIST (1988)
CARIBBEAN AND WEST INDIES
Cesaire, Aime(1913-2008) CADASTRE(1961)- TRAGEDY OF KING CHRISTOPHE (1963)
Naipaul, V. S.(1932-2018) HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS, A(1961)- IN A FREE STATE(1971)BEND IN THE RIVER, A(1979)
CHILE
Barrios, Eduardo(1884-1963) BROTHER ASS(1922)
Mistral, Gabriela(1889-1957) TALA(1938)
Neruda, Pablo(1904-1973) HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU (1946)- CANTO GENERAL(1950)
Allende, Isabel(1942- ) HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, THE(1982)-DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE(1999)
Donoso, Jose(1925-1996) OBSCENE BIRD OF NIGHT (1970)
COLOMBIA
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel (1927-2014) NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL (1961)- ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE(1967)-LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (1985)
ECUADOR
Icaza, Jorge(1906-1978) VILLAGERS (1934)
PERU
Vallejo, César(1892-1938) SPAIN, TAKE THIS CUP FROM ME(1939)
Alegria, Ciro(1909-1967) BROAD AND ALIEN IS THE WORLD(1941)
Varrgas Llosa, Mario(1936- ) GREEN HOUSE, THE(1965)-CONVERSATION IN THE CATHEDRAL(1969)
VENEZUELA
Gallegos, Romulo(1884-1969) DOÑA BÁRBARA (1929)
LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
FILMS
North America
MEXICO
Fernández, Emilio (1904-1986) MARIA CANDELARIA (1944)
Bustillo Oro, Juan (1904-1989) TWO MONKS / Dos Monjes (1934)-IN THE TIME OF DON PORFIRIO/En Tempos De Don Porfirio (1934)-
EACH MADMAN WITH HIS THEME/Cada Loco Consu tema (1939)-YOU 'RE MISSING THE POINT/Ahi Esta El Detalle (1940)-
TO THE SOUND OF THE MARIMBA / Al Son De La Marimba (1941) DARK ANGEL/El Angel Negro (1942)-
CANAIMA-THE GOD OF EVIL/Canaima-El Dios Del Mal (1945)-LOOK, HOW SMOOTH / Fijate Que Suave (1948)-
MADWOMAN OF THE HOUSE/La Loca De La Casa (1950)-MAN WITHOUT A FACE/El Hombre Sin Rostro (1950)-
TORTAS HERE !/Aca Las Tortas (1951)-FOR THE LADIES, ALTHOUGH THEY PAY VERY BADLY/Por Ellas Aunque Mal Paguen (1952)-
TRACE OF SOME LIPS/La Huella De Unos Labios (1952)-DECEIVED/Las Enganadas(1954)-RETURN TO YOUTH/Retorno A La Juventud(1954)- ANOTHER MAN"S WIFE/La Mujer Ajena (1954)- ARM IN ARM DOWN THE STREET/Del Brazo Y Por La Calle (1956)-
THE ADVENTURES OF PITO PEREZ/Las Aventuras De Pito Perez (1957)-TIT FOR TAT / Donde Las Dan Las Toman (1957)-
LAST MEXICAN/El Ultimo Mexicano (1960)
Delgado, Miguel M. (1905-1994) UNKNOWN POLICEMAN/El Gendarme Desconocido (1941)-I AM A FUGITIVE/Soy Un Profugo (1946)-
MR. PHOTOGRAPHER/El Senor Fotografo (1953)-ILLITERATE/El Analfabeto (1961)
Rodríguez, Joselito (1907–1985) ANGELITO NEGROS (1948)
Gavaldón, Roberto (1909-1986) LA OTRA (1946)
Arau, Alfonso(1932- ) LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE(1992)
Hermosillo, Jaime Humberto(1942-) DONA HERLINDA AND HER SON(1985)
Ripsteın, Arturo(1943- ) DEEP CRIMSON(1996)
Echevarria, Nicolas(1947- ) CABEZA DE VACA(1990)
Hool, Lance(1948- ) MISSING IN ACTION 2(1985)
Novaro, Maria(1951- ) DANZÓN (1991)
Mandoki, Luis(1954- ) GABY—ATRUE STORY(1987)- WHITE PALACE(1990)- BOM YESTERDAY(1993)- WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN(1994)-
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE(1999)- ANGEL EYES(2001)- TRAPPED(2002)
Rodriguez, Paul(1955- ) A MILLION TO JUAN(1994)
Serrano, Antonio(1955- ) LUCIA, LUCIA(2003)
Van Peebles, Mario(1957- ) NEW JACK CITY(1991)- POSSE(1993)
Arriaga, Guillermo(1958- ) THE BURNING PLAIN(2008)
Cuaron, Alfonso(1961- ) GREAT EXPECTATIONS(1998)- Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN(2001)- HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN(2004)-
CHILDREN OF MEN(2006)- PARIS, JE T’AIME(2006)- GRAVITY(2013)- ROMA(2018)
Anselmo, Reverge(1962- ) STATESIDE(2004)
Carrera, Carlos(1962- ) THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO(2002)
Estrada, Luis (1962- ) HEROD'S L;AW/LA LEYDE LE HERODES (1999)-A MARVELLOUS WORLD/UN MUNDO MARAVILLOSA (2006)-
HELL/EL INFIERNO (2010)-PERFECT DICTATORSHIP/LA DICTADURA PERFECTA (2014)
Inarrita, Alejandro Gonzalez(1963-) AMORES PERROS (2000)- 21 GRAMS(2003)- BABEL(2006)- BIUTIFUL(2010)-
BIRDMAN/THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE (2014)- THE REVENANT(2015)
Del Toro, Guillermo(1964- ) CRONOS(1994)- MIMIC(1997)- THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE(2001)- BLADE II(2002)- HELLBOY(2004)- PAN’S LABYRINTH(2006)-
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY(2008)- PACIFIC RIM(2013)- CRIMSON PEAK(2015)- THE SHAPE OF WATER(2017)
Cuaron, Carlos(1966- ) RUDO Y CURSI(2008)
Begne, Enrique(1967- ) COMPADRES(2016)
Eimbcke, Fernando(1970- ) DUCK SEASON(2004)
Riggen, Patricia(1970- ) UNDER THE SAME MOON(2007)- GIRL IN PROGRESS(2012)- THE 33(2015)
Reygadas, Carlos(1971- ) POST TENEBRAS LUX(2012)
Gutierrez, Jorge(1975- ) THE BOOK OF LIFE(2014)
Monteverde, Alejandro(1977- ) LITTLE BOY(2015)
Luna, Diego(1979- ) CESAR CHAVEZ(2014)
Cuaron, Jonas(1981- ) DESIERTO(2015)
Estrada, Carlos Lopez(1988- ) BLINDSPOTTING(2018)
De Villa, Alfredo WASHINGTON HEIGHTS(2002)
Islands
CUBA
Gutierrez Alea, Tomás(1928-1996) MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT(1968)-LAST SUPPER, THE(1976)- GUANTANAMERA(1995)
Vega, Pastor(1940-2005) RETRATO DE TERESA(1979)
Solás, Humberto(1941-2008) LUCIA(1968)
Gómez Yera, Sara(1942-1974) ONE WAY OR ANOTHER(1974)
Tabio, Juan Carlos(1943- ) GUANTANAMERA(1995)
Ichaso, Leon(1948- ) CROSSOVER DREAMS(1985)- SUGAR HILL(1993)- PINERO(2001)- EL CANTANTE(2006)
Menendez, Ramon(1950- ) STAND AND DELIVER(1988)- MONEY FOR NOTHING(1993)
Coto, Manny(1952- ) DR. GIGGLES(1992)- STAR KID(1997)
Garcia, Andy(1956- ) THE LOST CITY(2005)
Sanchez, Eduardo(1968- ) THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT(1999)- V/H/S/2(2013)
Troyano, Ela LATIN BOYS GO TO HELL(1997)
Vila, Camilo THY UNHOLY (1988)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Terrero, Jessy(1972- ) SOUL PLANE(2004)
JAMAICA
Henzell, Perry(1936-2006) HARDER THEY COME (1972)
Olmos, Michael D.(1971- ) FILLY BROWN(2012)
HAITI
Peck, Raoul(1953- ) LUMUMBA: DEATH OF A PROPHET(1990)-LUMUMBA(2000)- I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO(2016)
PORTO RICO
Zurinaga, Marcos(1952- ) GRAN FIESTA, LA(1985)- TANGO BAR(1987)- THE DISAPPCARANCE OF GARCIA LORCA(1996)
Arteta, Miguel(1965- ) STAR MAPS(1997)- CHUCK & BUCK(2000)- THE GOOD GIRL(2002)- YOUTH IN REVOLT(2009)- CEDAR RAPIDS(2011)-
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY(2014)- BEATRIZ AT DINNER(2017)
South America
ARGENTINA
Abbabie D’arrast.Harry D'(1897-1968) LAUGHTER(1930)- TOPAZE(1933)
Bemberg, Maria Luisa(1922-1995) MISS MARY(1986)- I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT (DE ESO NO SE HABLA)(1993)
Olivera, Hector(1931- ) COCAINE WARS(1985)- NIGHT OF THE PENCILS (1986)
Kuhn, Rodolfo(1934-1987) ONLY EMPTINESS REMAINS(1984)
Solanas, Fernando E.(1936- ) SUR(1988)- UPSIDE DOWN(2012)
Gleyzer, Raymundo(1941-1976) TRAITORS (1973)
Arıstarain, Adolfo (1943- ) TIME FOR REVENGE(1981)- STRANGER, THE(1987)- A PLACE IN THE WORLD(1992)
Babenco, Hector (1946-2016) PIXOTE(1980)- KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN(1985)- IRONWEED(1987)- AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD(1991)-CARANDIRU (2003)
Puenzo, Luis(1946- ) OFFICIAL STORY (1985)- OLD GRINGO(1989)- PLAGUE(1992)
Donovan, Martin(1950- ) APARTMENT ZERO(1988)
Bielinsky, Fabian(1959-2006) NINE QUEENS(2000)- THE AURA(2005)
Campanella, Juan José (1959- ) BOY WHO CRIED BITCH, THE(1991)- LOVE WALKED IN(1997)- SON OF THE BRIDE(2001)- THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES(2009)
Agresti, Alejandro(1961- ) VALENTIN(2002)- THE LAKE HOUSE(2006)
Noé, Gaspar(1963- ) I STAND ALONE(1998)- ENTER THE VOID(2009)
Martel, Lucretia (1966- ) LA CIENAGA(2001)- ZAMA(2017)
Muschietti, Andres(1973- ) MAMA(2013)- IT(2017)
Szifron, Damian(1975- ) WILD TALES(2014)
BOLIVIA
Sanjinés, Jorge(1936- ) BLOOD OF THE CONDOR(1969)
Eguino, Antonio(1938- ) CHUQUIAGO(1977)
BRAZIL
Mauro, Humberto(1897-1983) GANGA BRUTA(1933)
Cavalcanti, Alberto(1897-1982) DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)
Barreto, Lima(1906-1982) CANGACEIRO, O (1953)
Duarte, Anselmo(1920-2009) GIVEN WORD (1962)
Dos Santos, Nelson Pereira(1928-2018) VIDAS SECAS(1963)
Hirszman, Leon(1937-1987) SĀO BERNARDO(1972)- THEY DON’T WEAR BLACK TIE(1981)
Carvana, Hugo(1937-2014) BAR ESPERANZA(1983)
Rocha, Glauber(1939-1981) BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL(1964)- LAND IN ANGUISH (1967)-ANTONIO DAS MORTES (1969)-AGE OF THE EARTH, THE(1980)
Diegues, Carlos(1940- ) XICA(1976)-BYE BYE BRAZIL(1980)- QUILOMBO(1984)- SUBWAY TO THE STARS(1987)- TIETA OF AGRESTE(1996)
Jabor, Arnaldo(1940- ) ALL NUDITY SHALL BE PUNISHED(1973)- TUDO BEM(1978)
Xavier, Nelson(1941-2017) FALL, THE(1978)
Bodanzky, Jorge (1942- ) IRACEMA (1975)
Adler, Carine(1948- ) UNDER THE SKIN(1997)
O’neill, Jen(1948- ) SECRET POLICEMAN’S THIRD BALL (1987)
Sergio, Michael(1950- ) UNDER HELLGATE BRIDGE(2000)
Barreto, Bruno (1955- ) DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS(1976)- GABRIELA(1983)- SHOW OF FORCE, A(1990)- CARRIED AWAY(1996)-
FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER(1997)- ONE TOUGH COP(1998)- BOSSA NOVA(2000)- VIEW FROM THE TOP(2003)
Meirelles, Fernando(1955- ) CITY OF GOD(2002)- THE CONSTANT GARDENER(2005)- BLINDNESS(2008)- 360(2011)
Salles, Walter(1956- ) CENTRAL STATION(1998)- BEHIND THE SUN(2001)- THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES(2004)- DARK WATER(2005)- PARIS, JE T’AIME(2006)- ON THE ROAD(2012)
Butoy, Hendel(1958- ) RESCUERS DOWN UNDER (1990)
Thomas, Daniela(1959- ) PARIS, JE T’AIME(2006)
Amaral, Tata(1960- ) THROUGH THE WINDOW(2000)
Saldanha, Carlos(1965- ) ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN(2006)- ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS(2009)- RIO(2011)- RIO 2(2014)- FERDINAND(2017)
Ainouz, Karim(1966- ) MADAME SATA(2002)
Lund, Katia(1966- ) CITY OF GOD(2002)
Morelli, Paulo(1966- ) CITY OF MEN(2007)
Padilha, Jose(1967- ) ROBOCOP(2014)- 7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE(2018)
Dhalia, Heitor(1970- ) GONE(2012)
Waddington, Andrucha(1970- ) ME YOU THEM(2000)
Klinger, Gabe(1982- ) PORTO(2016)
CHILE
Jodorowsky, Alexandro(1929- ) TOPO, EL(1970)
Ruiz, Raoul(1941-2011) THREE LIVES AND ONLY ONE DEATH/TROIS VIES ET UNE SEULE MORT(1996)-GENEALOGIES OF A CRIME(1997)-TIME REGAINED(1999)
Guzman, Patricio(1941- ) CHILE: OBSTINATE MEMORY(1997)
Klein, Rolando(1942- ) CHAC(1975)
Littín, Miguel(1942- ) JACKAL OF NAHUELTORO (1969)- PROMISED LAND (1973)- ALSINO AND THE CONDOR(1982)
Sarmiento, Valeria(1948- ) AMELIA LOPES O’NEILL(1990)
Amenäbar, Alejandro(1972- ) OPEN YOUR EYES(1997)- THE OTHERS(2001)
Lelio, Sebastian(1973 ) GLORIA(2013)- A FANTASTIC WOMAN(2017)- DISOBEDIENCE(2017)
Larrain, Pablo(1976- ) NO(2012)- THE CLUB(2015)- JACKIE(2016)-NERUDA(2016)
Espinoza, Ernesto Diaz(1978- ) THE ABCS OF DEATH(2013)
Silva, Sebastian(1979- ) THE MAID(2009)- CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGICAL CACTUS(2013)
COLOMBIA
Garcia, Rodrigo(1959- ) MOTHER AND CHILD(2009)- ALBERT NOBBS(2011)- LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT(2015)
Guerra, Ciro(1981- ) EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT(2015)
Cardoso, Patricia(?-?) REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES(2002)
ECUADOR
Cordero, Sebastian(1972- ) EUROPA REPORT(2013)
PERU
Godoy, Armando Robles(1923-2010) GREEN WALL (1970)
Llosa, Luis(1951- ) SNIPER(1993)- THE SPECIALIST(1994)- ANACONDA(19979
Montreuil, Ricardo de(1974- ) LOWRIDERS(2016)
URUGUAY
Alvarez, Fede(1978- ) EVIL DEAD(2013)- DON’T BREATHE(2016)- THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB(2018)
VENEZUELAN
Lopez, Temistocles(1947- ) CHAIN OF DESIRE(1992)
Torres, Fina(1951- ) CELESTIAL CLOCKWORK; MECANIQUES CELESTES(1995)
Gutierrez, Sebastian(1969- ) JUDAS KISS(1998)- WOMEN IN TROUBLE(2009)
Jakubowicz, Jonathan(1978- ) HANDS OF STONE(2016)
Gracia, Angel(?-?) FROM PRADA TO NADA(2011)