List of Mexican-American writers
The following is a list of Mexican-American writers.
A-C
- Oscar Zeta Acosta
- José Acosta Torres, author of collection Cachito Mía (1973)[1]
- Rodolfo Acuña
- Ricardo Aguilar, author of short story collection Madreselvas en flor (1987)[1]
- Justo S. Alarcón, Spanish author of stories about Chicanos, Chulifeas fronteras (1981)[1]
- Kathleen Alcala
- Alurista
- Rudolfo Anaya, author of children's book Bless Me, Ultima
- Gloria E. Anzaldúa, author of Borderlands and co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
- Ron Arias
- Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Raymond Barrio, author of The Plum Plum Pickers (1969)[1]
- Irene Beltrán Hernández, author of Across the Great River (1989)[1]
- Aristeo Brito, author of El diablo en Texas (The Devil in Texas, bilingual ed. 1991)[1]
- José Antonio Burciaga
- Nash Candelaria
- Daniel Cano, author of Pepe Ríos (1991)[1]
- Norma Elia Cantú
- Celso A. de Casas, author of Pelón Drops Out (1979)[1]
- Ana Castillo
- Rafael C. Castillo
- Lorna Dee Cervantes
- Angelico Chavez
- Denise Chávez
- Sandra Cisneros
- Lucha Corpi, author of Delia's Song (1988)[1]
- Margarita Cota-Cárdenas, author of Puppet: A Chicano Novella (in Spanish; 1985)[1]
D-J
- Adina Emilia De Zavala
- Lorenzo de Zavala
- Abelardo Delgado, author of Letters to Louise (1982)[1]
- Mike Durán, author of Don't Split on My Corner (1991)[1]
- Sergio Elizondo, author of story collection Rosa, la flauta (1980) and the novels Muerte en una estrella (1987) and Suruma (1991)[1]
- Roberta Fernández
- Fernando A. Flores, author of Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas, Vol.1 (2014) [2]
- Gregory Thomas Garcia
- Lionel G. Garcia, author of Leaving Home (1985), A Shroud in the Family (1987), Hardscrub (1989), Brush Country (2004), The Day They Took My Uncle and Other Stories, and[1]
- Julian S. Garcia
- José L. Garza, author of collection Writing and Art (1989)[1]
- Xavier Garza
- Diana Gabaldon
- Dagoberto Gilb
- Laurence Gonzáles, author of Jambeaux (1979), The Last Deal (1981), and El Vago (1983)[1]
- Rodolfo Gonzales
- Genaro González, author of Rainbow's End (1988) and the story collection Only Sons (1991)[1]
- Jovita González Mireles
- Rigoberto González
- José Ángel Gutiérrez
- Jaime Hernandez
- Juan Felipe Herrera
- Maria Hinojosa
- Rolando Hinojosa
- Arturo Islas
K-M
- Gary Keller (author), author of collection Tales of El Huitlacoche (1984)[1]
- Alexis Madrigal, author of "Powering the Dream" (2010)
- Patricia Santos Marcantonio
- Patricia Preciado Martín, author of collection Days of Plenty, Days of Want (1988)[1]
- Al Martínez, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist; author of Ashes in the Rain: Selected Essays (1990)[1]
- Eliud Martínez, author of Voice Haunted Journey (1991)[1]
- Max Martínez, author of Schooland (1988) and the collections The Adventures of the Chicano Kid and Other Stories (1982) and A Red Bikini Dream (1989)[1]
- Hugo Martínez-Serros, author of the collection The Last Laugh and Other Stories (1988)[1]
- Rubén Martínez
- Bill Melendez
- Maria Cristina Mena
- Miguel Méndez
- Jim Mendiola
- Pat Mora
- Cherríe Moraga, co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color and author of A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness
- Alejandro Morales, author of Old Faces and New Wine (1981), Death of an Anglo (1988), Reto en el Paraiso (1983), The Brick People (1988), and The Rag Doll Plagues (1991)[1]
- Angela Morales, author of The Girls in My Town (2016)
- Alejandro Murguía
N-R
- Julian Nava
- J. L. Navarro, author of the collection Blue Day on Main Street (1973)[1]
- Josefina Niggli
- Daniel Olivas
- Berta Ornelas, author of Come Down from the Mound (1975)[1]
- Sheila Ortiz Taylor, author of Spring Forward/Fall Back (1985)[1]
- Miguel Antonio Otero
- Américo Paredes
- Joe Perez
- Cecile Piñeda
- Mary Helen Ponce, author of The Wedding (1989) and the collection Taking Control (1987)[1]
- Estela Portillo Trambley (1936–1998), author of Trini (1986), the play The Day of the Swallows (1971) and the collection Rain of Scorpions and Other Writings (1975) for which she became the first woman to receive the Quinto Sol Literary Prize.[1] She also held the President Chair in Creative Writing at UC Davis.
- Katherine Quintana Ranck, author of Portrait of Doña Elena (1983)[1]
- Adriana Ramírez, author of Dead Boys (2016)
- John Rechy
- Alberto Ríos
- Isabella Ríos, author of Victuum (1976)[1]
- Tomás Rivera
- Alfredo Rodríguez, author of Estas tierras (1983; Palabra Nueva prize winner)[1]
- Joe Rodríguez, author of Oddsplayer (1988)[1]
- Luis J. Rodriguez
- Robert Rodriguez
- Richard Rodriguez
- Orlando Romero (author), author of Nambé-Year One (1976)[1]
- María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
- Rudy Ruiz
- Pam Muñoz Ryan, author of Esperanza Rising
- Ricardo A Bracho
S-Z
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, author of Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club.
- Floyd Salas
- Rubén Salazar
- Alex Sánchez
- Ricardo Sánchez, author of Canto y Grito Mi Liberacion (1973, 1995), Hechizospells (1976), and Amerikan Journeys::Jornadas Americanas (1994), among other titles.[3]
- Saúl Sánchez, author of the collection Hay Plesha Lichans to di Flac (i.e., "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag") (1977)[1]
- Hope Sandoval
- Danzy Senna
- Shea Serrano
- Michelle Serros, author of Chicana Falsa and How to Be a Chicana Role Model.
- Beverly Silva, author of The Cat and Other Stories (1986)[1]
- Adela Sloss Vento
- Roberto Solis
- Gary Soto, author of Baseball in April: Stories and Buried Onions.
- Mario Suárez
- Joseph V. Torres-Metzgar, author of Below the Summit (1976)[1]
- Jesús Salvador Treviño
- Marisela Treviño Orta
- Sergio Troncoso, author of The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, From This Wicked Patch of Dust and Crossing Borders: Personal Essays
- Sabine Ulibarrí
- Jorge Ulica (a.k.a. Julio G. Arce), satirist, published his Crónicas diabólicas from 1916 to 1926[1]
- Martin Guevara Urbina
- Luís Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway and Nobody's Son.
- Gina Valdés, author of There Are No Madmen Here (1981)[1]
- Luis Valdez
- Richard Vasquez, author of Chicano (1970) and other novels[1]
- Robert Vasquez, author of At the Rainbow (1995)
- Félix Varela
- Alfredo Véa, Jr.
- Alma Luz Villanueva
- José Antonio Villarreal
- Victor Villaseñor
- Helena Maria Viramontes, author of Under the Feet of Jesus.
- Gwendolyn Zepeda
- Raquel Zepeda Fitzgerald, author of “The Eye of Osiris” and eleven other books.
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See also
- Chicano literature
- Chicano poetry
- Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
- Before Columbus Foundation
References
- Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
- "Fernando A. Flores". texasmonthly.com.
- Jr., Robert Mcg. Thomas. "Ricardo Sanchez, 54, Poet Who Voiced Chicano Anger, Dies". nytimes.com.
External links
- Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
- Teresa McKenna, "Chicano Literature", in Redefining American Literary History, Ed. A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff and Jerry W. Ward, MLA, 1990.
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