Latin American poetry

Latin American poetry is poetry written by poets born in Latin America. 

Lyric poetry is popular in Latin America. Some lines in lyric poems rhyme. Sometimes lyric poems do not rhyme.  Rubén Darío, César Vallejo, Ernesto Cardenal, Gabriela Mistral, and Pablo Neruda wrote lyric poems.

Prose poetry is also popular in Latin America. Prose poems are written in sentences and paragraphs. (The lines do not rhyme.) Jorge Luis Borges (Everything and Nothing), Pablo Neruda (Passions and Impressions), Octavio Paz (Eagle or Sun?), Alejandra Pizarnik (Sex/Night), and Giannina Braschi (Empire of Dreams) wrote prose poetry.

Latin American poets also have a strong tradition of epic poetry. National themes, landscapes, and local traditions appear in epic poems.   José Hernández wrote the famous epic poem Martín Fierro about cowboy culture in Argentina.

 History 
In the 17th century, Sor Juana was a nun who lived in Mexico. She wrote spiritual and philosophical poems. 

In the 19th century, the Cuban poet José Martí wrote the famous poem, "Yo soy un hombre sincero" ("I'm a sincere man"). This poem became the lyrics of the popular song "Guantanamera". Rubén Darío was a famous modernist poet. He wrote "Azul" (1888). Cesar Vallejo is one of the most important poets in the Spanish Language. Vallejo wrote Trilce (1922). 

In the 20th century, Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American poet to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. She wrote about children, teachers, family, and romance. Pablo Neruda wrote the epic poem Canto General. Neruda was the second Latin American poet won the Nobel Prize. Alejandra Pizarnik wore prose poems about childhood, cruelty, and death. Giannina Braschi writes epic poetry about immigration, revolution, and freedom. Ana Castillo writes about the Mexican border, ghosts, and Chicano culture.  Roberto Bolaño wrote novels about poets. His famous novels 2666 and Savage Detectives. Bolaño also wrote many poems in free verse and in prose. 

 Latin American poets 
The Colonial period

 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
 Luis de Góngora y Argote

19th century

 Rubén Darío
 José Martí
 Gabriela Mistral

20th century

 Jorge Luis Borges
 Roberto Bolaño
 Giannina Braschi
 Roberto Bolaño
 Carmen Boullosa
 Ernesto Cardenal
 Ana Castillo
 Julia de Burgos
 Nicolás Guillén
 Gabriela Mistral
 Pablo Neruda
 Nicanor Parra
 César Vallejo
 Octavio Paz
 Jorge Enrique González Pacheco

 Related pages 
 Latin American Literature
 Latina poetry
 Puerto Rican literature
 American poetry

 References 

Category:Literature by location