ABSTRACT
Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia presents the lives and critical works of over 170 women writers in Latin America between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. This features thematic entries as well as biographies of female writers whose works were originally published in Spanish or Portuguese, and who have had an impact on literary, political, and social studies.
Focusing on drama, poetry, and fiction, this work includes authors who have published at least three literary texts that have had a significant impact on Latin American literature and culture. Each entry is followed by extensive bibliographic references, including primary and secondary sources.
Coverage consists of critical appreciation and analysis of the writers' works. Brief biographical data is included, but the main focus is on the meanings and contexts of the works as well as their cultural and political impact. In addition to author entries, other themes are explored, such as humor in contemporary Latin American fiction, lesbian literature in Latin America, magic, realism, or mother images in Latin American literature. The aim is to provide a unique, thorough, scholarly survey of women writers and their works in Latin America. This Encyclopedia will be of interest to both to the student of literature as well as to any reader interested in understanding more about Latin American culture, literature, and how women have represented gender and national issues throughout the centuries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter A|44 pages
A
entry |2 pages
Absatz, Cecilia
entry |3 pages
Acosta De Samper, Soledad
entry |3 pages
Agosín, Marjorie
entry |4 pages
Agustini, Delmira
entry |2 pages
Alarcón Folgar, Romelia
entry |4 pages
Alegría, Claribel
entry |4 pages
Allende, Isabel
entry |4 pages
Alonso, Dora
entry |3 pages
Alvarado De Ricord, Elsie
entry |2 pages
Alvarez Ponce De León, Griselda
entry |3 pages
Almeida, Júlia Lopes De
entry |3 pages
Amor, Guadalupe Teresa
entry |4 pages
Angel Marulanda, Albalucía
entry |3 pages
Antillano, Laura
entry |3 pages
Araújo, Nara
entry |2 pages
Archanjo, Neide
entry |3 pages
Arias, Olga
entry |3 pages
Arredondo, Inés
entry |2 pages
Arvelo Larriva, Enriqueta
entry |3 pages
Assunç Ão, Leilah
entry |3 pages
Azevedo Castro, Ana Luísa
letter B|40 pages
B
entry |2 pages
Baião, Isis
entry |3 pages
Barragán De Toscano, Refugio
entry |3 pages
Barros, Pía
entry |3 pages
Bellessi, Diana
entry |3 pages
Belli, Gioconda
entry |2 pages
Berenguer, Amanda
entry |3 pages
Berman, Sabina
entry |2 pages
Biagioni, Amelia
entry |3 pages
Bins, Patricia
entry |3 pages
Blanco Castillo, Yolanda
entry |3 pages
Bobes León, Marilyn
entry |3 pages
Bombal, María Luisa
entry |3 pages
Borinsky, Alicia
entry |3 pages
Bormann, Maria Benedita (Délia)
entry |3 pages
Borrero, Juana
entry |2 pages
Bosco, María Angélica
entry |3 pages
Boullosa, Carmen
entry |3 pages
Brunet, Marta
entry |3 pages
Buitrago, Fanny
entry |3 pages
Bullrich, Silvina
entry |4 pages
Burgos, Julia De
letter C|53 pages
C
entry |4 pages
Cabello de Carbonera, Mercedes
entry |2 pages
Cabrera, Lydia
entry |3 pages
Cáceres, Esther De
entry |2 pages
Calderón, Teresa
entry |3 pages
Campesino, Pilar (Pilar Retes, Alias Ly Seter)
entry |3 pages
Campobello, Nellie
entry |3 pages
Campos, Julieta
entry |3 pages
Campuzano, Luisa
entry |2 pages
Canetti Duque, Yanitzia
entry |3 pages
Canto, Estela
entry |2 pages
Cárdenas, Nancy
entry |3 pages
Cartagena Portalatín, Aída
entry |3 pages
Casas, Myrna
entry |5 pages
Castellanos, Rosario
entry |2 pages
Castillo, María Josefa Del
entry |2 pages
Caulfield, Carlota
entry |3 pages
Cerda, Martha
entry |3 pages
César, Ana Cristina
entry |2 pages
Chaviano, Daína
entry |3 pages
Colasanti, Marina
entry |3 pages
Conde, Rosina
entry |4 pages
Coralina, Cora
entry |3 pages
Coutinho, Sônia
entry |2 pages
Crespo de Britton, Rosa María
entry |3 pages
Cross, Elsa
entry |4 pages
Cruz, Sor Juana Inés De La
entry |3 pages
Cunha, Helena Gomes Parente
entry |2 pages
Cuza Malé, Belkis
letter D|16 pages
D
entry |2 pages
Dávila, Amparo
entry |3 pages
Del Río, Marcela
entry |2 pages
Delmar, Meira (Olga Eljach)
entry |3 pages
Denser, Márcia
entry |3 pages
Diaconú, Alina
entry |3 pages
Dolores, Carmen
entry |3 pages
Domecq, Brianda
entry |3 pages
Dornbierer, Manú
entry |2 pages
Dujovne Ortiz, Alicia
letter E|17 pages
E
entry |2 pages
Echeverría De Larraín, Inés
entry |3 pages
Eltit, Diamela
entry |3 pages
Erauso, Catalina De
entry |5 pages
Eroticism
entry |3 pages
Escofet, Cristina
entry |3 pages
Escudos, Jacinta
entry |2 pages
Espejo, Beatriz
entry |3 pages
Esquivel, Laura
letter F|13 pages
F
entry |2 pages
Fernández, Adela
entry |3 pages
Fernández de Juan, Adelaida
entry |4 pages
Ferré, Rosario
entry |3 pages
Ferrer, Renée
entry |2 pages
Floresta, Nisia
entry |3 pages
Fox Lockert, Lucia
entry |2 pages
Freitas, Emília
letter G|32 pages
G
entry |1 pages
Gallardo, Sara
entry |2 pages
Galvão, Patrícia Rehder—‘Pagu'
entry |3 pages
Gambaro, Griselda
entry |3 pages
García Marruz, Fina
entry |2 pages
García Ramis, Magali
entry |4 pages
Garro, Elena
entry |4 pages
Glantz, Margo (Margarita)
entry |2 pages
Glickman, Nora
entry |5 pages
Gómez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis
entry |3 pages
Gorodischer, Angélica
entry |3 pages
Gorriti, Juana Manuela
entry |2 pages
Gramcko, Ida
entry |4 pages
Guardia, Gloria
entry |2 pages
Guerra, Rosa
entry |3 pages
Guerra Cunningham, Lucía
entry |3 pages
Guido, Beatriz
letter H|16 pages
H
entry |2 pages
Heer, Liliana
entry |3 pages
Heker, Liliana
entry |4 pages
Henríquez Ureña, Camila
entry |3 pages
Hernández, Luisa Josefina
entry |2 pages
Hernández-Núñez, Angela
entry |3 pages
Hilst, Hilda
entry |5 pages
Humor In Contemporary Fiction
letter I|11 pages
I
entry |3 pages
Ibáñez, Sara de
entry |4 pages
Ibarbourou, Juana
entry |2 pages
Iparraguirre, Sylvia
entry |3 pages
Istarú, Ana
entry |3 pages
Izaguirre, Ester de
letter J|8 pages
J
entry |4 pages
Jesus, Carolina Maria De
entry |3 pages
Júlia, Francisca
entry |3 pages
Jurado, Alicia
letter K|7 pages
K
entry |2 pages
Kamenszain, Tamara
entry |3 pages
Karlik, Sara
entry |2 pages
Kociancich, Vlady
entry |3 pages
Krauze, Ethel
letter L|36 pages
L
entry |3 pages
Labarca Hubertson, Amanda
entry |3 pages
Lajolo, Marisa Philbert
entry |2 pages
Lange, Norah
entry |2 pages
Larrosa De Ansaldo, Lola
entry |3 pages
Lars, Claudia
entry |3 pages
Leñero Franco, Estela
entry |3 pages
Lerner, Elisa
entry |3 pages
Lesbian Literature in Latin America
entry |3 pages
Levinson, Luisa Mercedes
entry |5 pages
Lispector, Clarice
entry |3 pages
Llana Castro, María Elena
entry |2 pages
Loaeza, Guadalupe
entry |3 pages
Lobo, Luiza
entry |3 pages
Lojo, María Rosa
entry |3 pages
Lopes Cançado, Maura
entry |3 pages
López González, Aralia
entry |2 pages
Luft, Lya
entry |2 pages
Lugo Filippi, Carmen
entry |3 pages
Lynch, Marta
letter M|59 pages
M
entry |3 pages
Machado, Gilka Da Costa Mello
entry |3 pages
Machado, Maria Clara
entry |4 pages
Madrid, Antonieta
entry |3 pages
Mansilla de García, Eduarda
entry |3 pages
Manso, Juana
entry |2 pages
Marín del Solar, Mercedes
entry |2 pages
Mastretta, Ángeles
entry |5 pages
Matto de Turner, Clorinda
entry |3 pages
Maturana, Andrea
entry |2 pages
Meléndez, Concha
entry |3 pages
Mendoza, María Luisa “China”
entry |3 pages
Mercader, Martha
entry |3 pages
Mercado, Tununa
entry |4 pages
Mereiles, Cecília
entry |3 pages
Meruane, Lina
entry |2 pages
Miguel, María Esther de
entry |3 pages
Minaya Belliard, Ligia
entry |2 pages
Miranda, Ana
entry |4 pages
Mistral, Gabriela
entry |2 pages
Molloy, Sylvia
entry |2 pages
Montero, Mayra
entry |5 pages
Morejón, Nancy
entry |3 pages
Moreno, Marvel
entry |3 pages
Moscovich, Cíntia
entry |2 pages
Mosquera, Beatriz
entry |5 pages
Mother Images
entry |3 pages
Muñiz-Huberman, Angelina
letter N|12 pages
N
entry |2 pages
Najlis, Michèle
entry |3 pages
Naranjo, Carmen
entry |3 pages
Nava Y Saavedra, Jerónima
entry |2 pages
Navau, Flavia Company
entry |3 pages
Negroni, María
entry |3 pages
Nissán, Rosa
entry |2 pages
Nolla, Olga
letter O|14 pages
O
entry |3 pages
Ocampo, Silvina
entry |3 pages
Ocampo, Victoria
entry |3 pages
Odio, Eunice
entry |2 pages
Ollé, Carmen
entry |4 pages
Oreamuno, Yolanda
entry |3 pages
Orozco, Olga
entry |2 pages
Orphée, Elvira
letter P|47 pages
P
entry |3 pages
Pacheco, Cristina
entry |2 pages
Palacios, Antonia
entry |3 pages
Pantín, Yolanda
entry |4 pages
Parra, Teresa De La
entry |2 pages
Parra, Violeta
entry |3 pages
Partnoy, Alicia
entry |2 pages
Paz Paredes, Margarita
entry |3 pages
Pelliza De Sagasta, Josefina
entry |4 pages
Peri Rossi, Cristina
entry |2 pages
Petit, Magdalena
entry |4 pages
Piñón, Nélida
entry |2 pages
Pinto, Julieta
entry |3 pages
Pita, Juana Rosa
entry |4 pages
Pizarnik, Flora Alejandra
entry |3 pages
Pla, Josefina
entry |2 pages
Plager, Silvia
entry |3 pages
Poletti, Syria
entry |4 pages
Poniatowska, Elena
entry |2 pages
Portal, Magda
entry |3 pages
Portela, Ena Lucía
entry |2 pages
Porzecanski, Teresa
entry |6 pages
Prado, Adélia
entry |3 pages
Puga, María Luisa
letter Q|6 pages
Q
entry |3 pages
Queiroz, Maria José De
entry |4 pages
Queiroz, Rachel De
letter R|24 pages
R
entry |3 pages
Raznovich, Diana
entry |3 pages
Restrepo, Laura
entry |3 pages
Rheda, Regina
entry |3 pages
Ribeiro Tavares, Zulmira
entry |3 pages
Rivas Mercado, Antonieta
entry |3 pages
Robles, Martha
entry |2 pages
Rodríguez De Tió, Lola
entry |3 pages
Roffé, Reina
entry |2 pages
Roffiel, Rosamaría
entry |2 pages
Rojas, Teresa María
entry |3 pages
Roqué De Duprey, Ana
entry |2 pages
Rosenberg, Mirta
entry |3 pages
Rossi, Anacristina
entry |2 pages
Rubinstein, Becky
letter S|38 pages
S
entry |2 pages
Saldaña, Excilia
entry |3 pages
Santa Cruz, Guadalupe
entry |2 pages
Santos Febres, Mayra
entry |3 pages
Santos Silva, Loreina
entry |3 pages
Sarlo, Beatriz
entry |3 pages
Savary, Olga Augusta Maria
entry |4 pages
Sefchovich, Sara
entry |2 pages
Seibel, Beatriz
entry |3 pages
Seligson, Esther
entry |3 pages
Sepúlveda-Pulvirenti, Emma
entry |3 pages
Serrano, Marcela
entry |3 pages
Shúa, Ana María
entry |3 pages
Silva, Clara
entry |4 pages
Somers, Armonía
entry |3 pages
Steimberg, Alicia
entry |4 pages
Storni, Alfonsina
entry |3 pages
Suárez, Clementina
entry |2 pages
Suárez, Karla
entry |3 pages
Subercaseaux, Elizabeth
letter T|19 pages
T
entry |4 pages
Telles, Lygia Fagundes
entry |6 pages
Testimonial Literature
entry |2 pages
Toledo, Aida
entry |3 pages
Torres, Ana Teresa
entry |3 pages
Torres Molina, Susana
entry |4 pages
Traba, Marta
entry |3 pages
Tristán, Flora
letter U|3 pages
U
entry |3 pages
Ureña de Henríquez, Salomé
letter V|22 pages
V
entry |3 pages
Valdés, Zoé
entry |2 pages
Valdés-Ginebra, Arminda
entry |3 pages
Valdivieso, Mercedes
entry |3 pages
Valenzuela, Luisa
entry |3 pages
Vallbona, Rima de
entry |3 pages
Van Steen, Edla
entry |2 pages
Varela, Blanca
entry |2 pages
Vega, Ana Lydia
entry |3 pages
Vicuña, Cecilia
entry |3 pages
Vilalta, Maruxa
entry |3 pages
Vilariño, Idea
entry |2 pages
Vitale, Ida
letter W|5 pages
W
entry |3 pages
Walsh, María Elena
entry |3 pages
Wiesse Romero, María Jesús
letter Y|5 pages
Y
entry |2 pages
Yáñez, Flora
entry |4 pages
Yánez Cossío, Alicia
letter Z|4 pages
Z
entry |2 pages
Zamora, Daisy
entry |3 pages
Zavala, Iris Milagros
