List of Mexican-American writers
The following is a list of Mexican-American writers.
A-C[]
- Oscar Zeta Acosta
- , author of collection Cachito Mía (1973)[1]
- Rodolfo Acuña
- , author of short story collection Madreselvas en flor (1987)[1]
- , 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
- , author of (1969)[1]
- , author of Across the Great River (1989)[1]
- , author of El diablo en Texas (The Devil in Texas, bilingual ed. 1991)[1]
- José Antonio Burciaga
- Nash Candelaria
- , author of Pepe Ríos (1991)[1]
- Norma Elia Cantú
- , 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]
- , author of Don't Split on My Corner (1991)[1]
- , 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
- , 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
- , author of collection Writing and Art (1989)[1]
- Xavier Garza
- Diana Gabaldon
- Dagoberto Gilb
- , author of Jambeaux (1979), The Last Deal (1981), and El Vago (1983)[1]
- Rodolfo Gonzales
- , 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[]
- , author of collection Tales of El Huitlacoche (1984)[1]
- Luis Leal, writer, author, and UCSB professor
- Alexis Madrigal, author of "Powering the Dream" (2010)
- Patricia Santos Marcantonio
- , author of collection Days of Plenty, Days of Want (1988)[1]
- Al Martinez, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist; author of Ashes in the Rain: Selected Essays (1990)[1]
- , author of Voice Haunted Journey (1991)[1]
- Elizabeth Martínez, author of 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures (1991)
- , author of Schooland (1988) and the collections The Adventures of the Chicano Kid and Other Stories (1982) and A Red Bikini Dream (1989)[1]
- , 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
- , author of the collection Blue Day on Main Street (1973)[1]
- Josefina Niggli
- Daniel Olivas
- , author of Come Down from the Mound (1975)[1]
- , 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.
- , author of Portrait of Doña Elena (1983)[1]
- , author of Dead Boys (2016)
- John Rechy
- Alberto Ríos
- , author of Victuum (1976)[1]
- Tomás Rivera
- , author of Estas tierras (1983; prize winner)[1]
- , author of Oddsplayer (1988)[1]
- Luis J. Rodriguez
- Robert Rodriguez
- Richard Rodriguez
- , 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
- Raúlrsalinas (Raúl R. Salinas), poet and author of Un trip through the mind jail y otras excursions (1980)
- Alex Sánchez
- Erika Sánchez, author and poet
- Ricardo Sánchez, author of Canto y Grito Mi Liberacion (1973, 1995), Hechizospells (1976), and Amerikan Journeys::Jornadas Americanas (1994), among other titles.[3]
- Ricardo Sanchez, author and United States Army general
- , author of the collection Hay Plesha Lichans to di Flac (i.e., "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag") (1977)[1]
- Hope Sandoval
- Jimmy Santiago Baca, author and poet
- John Phillip Santos, author, journalist, and filmmaker
- Danzy Senna
- Shea Serrano
- Michelle Serros, author of Chicana Falsa and How to Be a Chicana Role Model.
- , author of The Cat and Other Stories (1986)[1]
- Adela Sloss Vento
- Roberto Solis
- Octavio Solis, award-winning playwright and director
- Gary Soto, author of Baseball in April: Stories and Buried Onions.
- Mario Suárez
- Luis Talamantez, poet and activist
- , 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
- John Trudell, musician, author, poet and Political activist
- Sabine Ulibarrí
- (a.k.a. ), 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.
- , 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
- , author of “The Eye of Osiris” and eleven other books.
See also[]
- Chicano literature
- Chicano poetry
- Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
- Before Columbus Foundation
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- American writers of Mexican descent
- Lists of American writers
- Hispanic and Latino American writers
- Mexican-American literature