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LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
HISTORY (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th-20th) POL(Government-Military) SOC(Class-Gender) ECO(Innovation-Trade) CUL(Rel-Phi-Sci-Art-Lit)
CULTURE (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th-20th) VERBAL(Lit-Lng-Script-Myth-Folklore) VISUAL(Pnt-Sclp-Arch) PERFORMING(Dnc-Mus-Thea-Cin)
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CIVILIZATION Ancient (His-Cul) Postclassical(His-Cul) Early Modern(His-Cul-Lit) 19th Century(His-Cul-Lit) 20th Century(His-Cul-Lit)
LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Pre-Colonial
Colonial
19th Century
20th Century Poetry Essay Autobiography Drama Fiction
Literary Works
ARGENTINA
Hernandez, José(1834-1886) GAUCHO MARTIN FIERRO, THE(1872-1879)
Hudson, W. H(1862-1922) GREEN MANSIONS(1904)
Sánchez, Florencio(1875-1910) FOREIGN GIRL, THE(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, THE(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., THE(1964)
Coelho, Paulo(1947- ) ALCHEMIST, THE(1988)
CARIBBEAN AND WEST INDIES
Cesaire, Aime(1913-2008) CADASTRE(1961)- TRAGEDY OF KING CHRISTOPHE, THE(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, THE(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, THE(1970)
COLOMBIA
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel(1927-2014) ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE(1967)-LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA(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, THE(1989)
ECUADOR
Icaza, Jorge(1906-1978) VILLAGERS, THE(1934)
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, THE(1926)
Fernandez De Litardi, Jose Joaquin(1776-1827) ITCHING PARROT. THE(1816)
Yanez, Agustin(1904-1980) EDGE OF THE STORM, THE(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)
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)
Middle America
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, THE(1998)
MARTINIQUEG
Fanon, Frantz(1925-1961) WRETCHED OF THE EARTH, THE(1961)
NICARAGUA
Dario, Ruben(1867-1916) PROSAS PROFANAS, AND OTHER POEMS(1896)
ANTIGUA
Kincaid, Jamaica(1949- ) ANNIE JOHN(1985)
GUATEMALA
Asturias, Miguel Angel(1899-1974) SENOR PRESIDENTE, EL(1946)
LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
MEXICO
Fernández, Emilio(1904-1986) MARIA CANDELARIA (1944)
Oro, Juan Bustillo (1904-1989) AHI ESTA EL DETALLE (YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT (1940)
Delgado, Miguel M (1905-1994) EL GENDARME DESCONOCIDO (1941)-SOY UN PROFUGO (I AM A FUGITIVE) (1946)-
EL SEÑOR FOTOGRAFO (Mr. Photographer) (1953)
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)
Estrada, Luis (1958- ) LA LEY DE HERODES (1999)-A MARVELOUS WORLD (UN MUNDO MARAVILLOSO) (2006)-EL INFERNO(2010)-
LA DICTADURAPERFECTO (2014)
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)
Inarrita, Alejandro Gonzalez(1963- ) AMORES PERROS(2000)- 21 GRAMS(2003)- BABEL(2006)- BIUTIFUL(2010)-
BIRDMAN, OR (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, THE(1988)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Terrero, Jessy(1972- ) SOUL PLANE(2004)
JAMAICA
Henzell, Perry(1936-2006) HARDER THEY COME, THE(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)
PUERTO 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, THE(1986)
Kuhn, Rodolfo(1934-1987) ONLY EMPTINESS REMAINS(1984)
Solanas, Fernando E.(1936- ) SUR(1988)- UPSIDE DOWN(2012)
Gleyzer, Raymundo(1941-1976) TRAITORS, THE(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, THE(1985)- OLD GRINGO(1989)- THE 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, THE(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, THE(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, THE(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)- TIME REGAINED(1999)
Guzman, Patricio(1941- ) CHILE: OBSTINATE MEMORY(1997)
Ruiz, Raul(1941-2011) GENEALOGIES OF A CRIME(1997)
Klein, Rolando(1942- ) CHAC(1975)
Littín, Miguel(1942- ) JACKAL OF NAHUELTORO,THE(1969)- PROMISED LAND, THE(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, THE(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)
VENEZUELA
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)