List of Mexican-American writers
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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/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
- Ron Arias
- Jimmy Santiago Baca, author and poet
- 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, author of So Far from God
- Rafael C. Castillo
- Lorna Dee Cervantes
- Angelico Chavez
- Denise Chávez, an author and playwright
- 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
- Alicia Gaspar de Alba, author of Desert Blood
- 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, author of Caballero: A Historical Novel
- Rigoberto González
- Stephanie Elizondo Griest
- José Ángel Gutiérrez
- Jaime Hernandez
- Juan Felipe Herrera
- Maria Hinojosa
- Rolando Hinojosa
- Arturo Islas
- Francisco Jiménez
K-M
- Gary Keller, author of collection Tales of El Huitlacoche (1984)[1]
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- 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 Martinez, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist; author of Ashes in the Rain: Selected Essays (1990)[1]
- Eliud Martínez, author of Voice Haunted Journey (1991)[1]
- Elizabeth Martínez, author of 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures (1991)
- 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, author of The Courtship of María Rivera Peña, Crossing the Border: Collected Poems, and How to Date a Flying Mexican
- 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, author of With His Pistol in His Hand
- Joe Perez
- Cecile Piñeda
- Mary Helen Ponce, author of The Wedding (1989) and the collection Taking Control (1987)[1]
- UC Davis.
- Katherine Quintana Ranck, author of Portrait of Doña Elena (1983)[1]
- Adriana E. Ramírez, author of Dead Boys (2016)
- John Rechy
Nicolas Retana, author, "The Mexican Men Chronicles."
- Alberto Ríos
- Isabella Ríos, author of Victuum (1976)[1]
- Tomás Rivera, author of ...y no se lo tragó la tierra
- 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, author of Seven for the Revolution, The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez, and Valley of Shadows
- 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
- Saúl Sánchez, author of the collection Hay Plesha Lichans to di Flac (i.e., "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag") (1977)[1]
- Hope Sandoval
- 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.
- Beverly Silva, 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
- 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
- John Trudell, musician, author, poet and Political activist
- 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.
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.
- ^ Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. "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.