Category Archives: Classic Authors
Happy Birthday, Camilo José Cela!
Camilo José Cela was born on this day in 1916 in Iria Flavia, Spain, and died in 2002. He is only one of a dozen Latinos to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he received in 1989. Cela wrote … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Roberto Bolaño!
Chilean Roberto Bolaño was born on this day in 1953 and died in 2003. His works, with their dark, sometimes twisted themes, have become more popular after his death. He first won mass recognition for The Savage Detectives, and won … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Vicente Aleixandre!
Vicente Aleixandre was born on this day in 1898 in Seville, Spain, and died in 1984. The poet won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1977, becoming one of only a dozen Latinos to win that honor. His poetry is … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, José Echegaray!
José Echegaray was born on this date in 1833 in Madrid, Spain, and died in 1916. The dramatist is one of only a dozen Latinos to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he won in 1904. Echegaray was a … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Gabriela Mistral!
Poet Gabriela Mistral was born on this day in 1889 in Vicuña, Chile, and died in 1956. She is the only Latina – and one of a dozen Latinos – to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her first books … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Octavio Paz!
Octavio Paz was born on this day in 1914 in Mexico City and died in 1998. The poet is one of only a dozen Latinos – and the lone Mexican – to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Mario Vargas Llosa!
Mario Vargas Llosa was born 76 years ago today in Arequipa, Peru. He is one of only a dozen Latinos to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he received two years ago. He is known – along with Mexican … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Gabriel García Márquez!
Gabriel García Márquez was born 85 years old today in Aracataca, Colombia. He is the greatest Latino writer alive, perhaps ever. García Márquez is known for his classic books, One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of … Continue reading
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Happy birthday, Manuel Puig!
The Argentine author was born on this day in 1932 and died in Mexico in 1990. His 1976 novel, Kiss of the Spider Woman, may be one of the most famous pieces of Latino literature of the last 50 years. … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Juan Ramón Jiménez!
The Spanish poet was born Christmas Eve in 1881 and died in 1958. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956, one of only a dozen Latinos to earn that honor. He was born in Moguer i Andalusia, Spain, … Continue reading
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