latin american boom latin american boom literature poetry criticism latin_america 1960s 1970s writers region explored new ideas came international renown way happened previously major figures boom include background 1960s 1970s decades political turmoil latin_america political diplomatic climate strongly influenced dynamics cold war climate formed background work writers latin american boom defined context radical ideas operate cuban revolution subsequent usa attempt seen start period cuba vulnerability led closer ties ussr resulting cuban missile crisis ussr came dangerously close nuclear war 1960s 1970s military authoritarian regimes ruled argentina brazil chile peru example september elected president overthrown chile replaced general rule end 1980s chile infamous human rights abuses torture techniques argentina 1970s brought dirty war notorious human rights violations argentine citizens governments supported terms eliminating political opponents bodies called period saw major changes way history literature approached terms interpretation writing produced change self perception spanish american development cities coming age large middle class cuban revolution increase communication countries latin_america greater importance mass media greater attention latin_america europe united_states contributed change important political events period cuban revolution chilean coup état fall argentina protracted violent struggle urban brutally argentina violence colombia affected writers generated explanations provided background work greater attention paid spanish american international success 1960s phenomenon called boom affected writers readers period mainly brought writers focused attention world triumph cuban revolution promised new age period considered closed cuban government hardened party line poet forced reject public document called views case brought end affinity spanish american intellectuals cuban inspirational myth affair thought signalled beginning end boom significant sense boom ended writers associated boom continued publish books read audiences far larger enjoyed latin american writers prior boom books writers widely distributed translated major european asian languages greater extent significant writers literary influences rise latin american literature began writings modernist departures european literary canon european modernist writers like influenced writers boom latin american writers movement argues writers true boom writing innovative challenging novels conventionally thought main latin american inspirations mid-20th century movement spanish american tolerated marginal literary landscape paris new_york representing center literary world celebrated central figures publishing phenomenon boom introduced series novel aesthetic stylistic features world literature general considering countries hundreds important authors start period realism novels tinged rounded characters straightforward narrative line 1960s language gets hip pop characters complex chronology intricate making reader active participant text late period political adventure goes sour linguistic reaches new height turn reflection writing fiction fiction characters story lines power society equally available insignificant success boom work previous generation writers gained access new expanded public include origins critics agree boom started time 1960s disagreement work considered boom novel start spanish prefer time hero los spanish won considers inaugural work boom notes published far novel variation articulated story boom start published started starting points movements 1920s writers boom declared orphaned model caught admiration european writers need spanish american voice rejected respected spanish american writers major representatives boom claimed orphan literary generation latin american father influence owe stylistic innovation writes refusal identified rural narratives boom novels essentially modernist novels treat time use perspective narrative voice feature great number new words phrases pope writes reference style boom relied different points view time progress questionable technically complex self assured vernacular notable characteristics boom include treatment rural urban settings emphasis historical political questioning regional national identity awareness worldwide economic ideological issues boom literature breaks barriers mundane transforming mixture new reality boom writers closely associated use magical realism credited bringing vogue publishing years magical realism ends literature writes magical realism key aesthetic mode recent latin american fiction latin american history reveals incapable accounting origin traditionally represents demand myth means explain beginnings escape history narrative writings indies depicted exotic new world accounts conquering strange new lands accepted history stories helped bring new aesthetic magical realism conceived realism real according aesthetic things treated realistic mundane mundane things plots based real experiences incorporate strange fantastic legendary elements mythical peoples speculative settings characters plausible combine true imaginary way difficult separate historical fiction interest history characteristic novels boom period dictator novel historical figures events portrayed way connections contemporary events latin_america doubted example supreme depicts 19th century dictatorship published height regime writes boom sophisticated grasp genre ability depict parallel alternative history actively participated cultural political debates region questioned meaning worth history major representatives included boom widely debated settled hand writers exerted wide undisputed influence names writers added list following omitted born belgium parents lived switzerland moving buenos_aires age like boom writers grew question politics country public opposition caused leave position ultimately led exile moved france spent professional life french citizen like publicly supported cuban government leftist chilean president left wing movements like nicaragua fiction political elements generally muted absent publication explicitly political novel influenced radically experimental boom authors important work propelled international recognition highly experimental novel consists chapters read multiple orders according reader works include short story collections final del las los wrote novels los day eighty worlds died paris france born november began publish 1950s son mexican diplomat lived cities buenos_aires rio_de_janeiro washington experiences anti mexican discrimination united_states led examine mexican culture closely novel death spanish employs innovative changes narrative point view describes life mexican revolutionary deathbed important works include air clear wrote important novels period critic publicist founded journal introduced latin americans works european ideas published important critical work held position professor latin american literature columbia_university harvard recently associated said called boom reality result centuries reached moment urgency fiction way organize lessons past died undoubtedly internationally renowned boom writers started journalist written acclaimed non fiction short stories earliest published writings short stories appeared newspaper 1940s best known novels years autumn patriarch writes colonel work love achieved significant critical acclaim widespread commercial success notably introducing labeled magical realism literary world experimented traditional approaches reality unusual things told expression commonly cited example physical spiritual ascending heaven character hanging laundry dry years considered significant authors 20th century attested winning nobel prize literature died april novelist short story writer playwright journalist literary political critic attended subsequently attained doctorate latin american literature spain fact thesis shot fame novel time hero scathing indictment cruelty corruption military academy society wrote epic conversation cathedral captain novels returned following resignation president won election beating awarded nobel prize literature important living representative boom figures writers associated boom author books novel acknowledged master incorporated writer social concern verbal experimentation unique style wrote considered novel boom highly experimental supreme compared highly regarded works fictional history come south_america argentine central figure publishing world cuban novelist widely known english language publishing world regarded major figure basis major novel chilean writer boom book personal del boom mentions writers associated movement examples began writing novels 1930s brazil venezuela argentina publishing latin american boom publishing played crucial role advent boom major publishing houses based havana mexico_city buenos_aires responsible publishing boom novels cities strong centers cultural innovation chile presided criticism older generation quietly superseded writers large national readership cuba lively cultural center group colombia rural novels displaced followed mexico continues tradition strong regional writers diverse schools writing popular refined writer better known mexico abroad noted period saw publishing boom novels barcelona reflecting new interest spanish publishing houses spanish american market notes revenue generated publishing novels gave boost spanish economy works subjected franco published novels include time hero captain betrayed crucial figure promotion latin american literature spain super agent referred big mama latin american novel critique common criticism boom experimental tendency study writes critical boom writers like view represent privileged class access universal culture utterly average people latin_america article break boom philip critique new novel boom novel essentially reaction perceived conventional realism formal experiments innovations modern fiction standardized features modern writing leading form set stereotypes replaced criticized boom emphasis fact movement representatives male treatment female characters novels boom fiction emphasis history fantastic subject criticism claimed removed realities latin american political situations criticized impact boom immediate impact changed way latin american culture viewed world commercial success boom writers effect rock star status latin_america course translation played major role success boom writers gave larger audience authors continued produce best sellers decades addition boom opened door new latin american writers terms international scene testimony boom global impact fact coming international writers look likes 1980s common speak writers born 1940s 1950s 1960s post boom spanish language writer greatest impact world literature difficult clearly writers active end boom writers like said belong movements novel bird night considered notes classics boom later work fits comfortably considered writers works transition boom important note fact major writers continued writing end boom distinct boom respects notably presence female authors active writers case boom period considered product boom identifies writers writers challenge perceived boom simpler style going realism
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