 Magical realism is often associated with Latin American literature, particularly authors including genre founders Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Miguel Angel Asturias, Elena Garro, Mireya Robles, Rómulo Gallegos and Arturo Uslar Pietri.In English literature, its chief exponents include Salman Rushdie, Alice Hoffman, Nick Joaquin, and Nicola Barker.In Bengali literature, prominent writers of magic realism include Nabarun Bhattacharya, Akhteruzzaman Elias, Shahidul Zahir, Jibanananda Das, Syed Waliullah, Nasreen Jahan and Humayun Ahmed.