Introduction: the search for wholeness
Fray Bartolom de Las Casas (1484-1566)
lvar Nñez Cabeza de Vaca (ca. 1490-ca. 1560)
Fray Marcos de Niza (ca. 1495-1558)
Hernando de Soto (ca. 1496-1542)
Pedro Castaeda de Njera (ca. 1512-death inknown)
Juan de Castellanos (1522-1607)
"El Inca" Garcilaso de La Vega (ca. 1539-1616)
Sebastin Vizcano (1548-1624)
Gaspar Prez de Villagr (ca. 1555-1620)
Fray Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711)
Fray Junpero Serra (1713-1784)
Fray Juan Crespi (1721-1782)
Juan Bautista de Anza (1736-1788)
Eulalia Prez (ca. 1780-death unknown)
Antonio Mara Osio y Higuera (1800-1878)
Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros (1803-1866)
Jos Mara Heredia (1803-1839)
Juan Nepomuceno Segun (1806-1890)
Jos Policarpo Rodrguez (1829-1914)
Andrew Garca (1855?-1943)
Southwestern newspaper poetry
Juan B. Hijar y Jaro (dates unknown)
J. M. Vigil (dates unknown)
Jos Rmulo Ribera (birth unknown-1917)
Luis A. Torres (dates unknown)
Luis Tafoya aka X.X.X. (1851-1922)
Ramn Emeterio Betances (1827-1898)
Mara Amparo Ruiz de Burton (1832-1895)
Eugenio Mara de Hostos (1839-1903)
Lola Rodrguez de Ti (1843-1924)
Sotero Figueroa (1851-1923)
Manuel M. Salazar (1854-1911)
Luis Muoz Rivera (1859-1916)
Miguel Antonio Otero Jr. (1859-1944)
Francisco Gonzalo "Pachn" Marn (1863-1897)
Jos Escobar (dates unknown)
Julio G. Arce aka Jorge Ulica (1870-1926)
Eusebio Chacn (1869-1948)
Felipe Maximiliano Chacn (1873-1949)
Isidoro Armijo (1871-1949)
Arthur A. Schomburg (1874-1938)
Leonor Villegas de Magnn (1876-1955)
Cleofas M. Jaramillo (1878-1956)
Daniel Venegas (ca. 1880-ca. 1935)
Adelina "Nina" Otero-Warren (1881-1965)
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
Bernardo Bega (1885-1965)
Vicente J. Bernal (1888-1915)
Pedro Albizu Campos (1891-1965)
Mara Cristina Mena (1893-1965)
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (ca. 1894-1991)
Luis Munoz Marn (1898-1980)
Jos Dvila Semprit (1902-1958)
Eugenio Florit (1903-1999)
Jovita Gonzlez de Mireles (1904-1983)
Ernesto Galarza (1905-1984)
Fray Anglico Chvez (1910-1996)
Josefina Niggli (1910-1983)
Julia de Burgos (1914-1953)
Amrico Paredes (1915-1999)
Guillermo Cotto-Thorner (1916-1983)
Sabine R. Ulibarr (1919-2003)
Jos Antonio Villarreal (b. 1924)
Jos Luis Gonzlez (1926-1994)
Nash Candelaria (b. 1928)
Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales (1928-2005)
Pedro Juan Soto (1928-2002)
Richard Vazquez (1928-1994)
Rolando Hinojosa (b. 1929)
Mara Irene Forns (b. 1930)
Rosario Morales and Aurora Levins Morales (b. 1930 and b. 1954)
Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado (1931-2004)
Heberto Padilla (1932-2000)
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta (1935-1974)
Luis Rafael Sñchez (b. 1936)
Estela Portillo Trambley(1936-1999)
Rudolfo A. Anaya (b. 1937)
Lourdes Casal (1938-1981)
Mary Helen Ponce (b. 1938)
Jos Antonio Burciaga (1940-1996)
Victor Villaseor (b. 1940)
Ricardo Snchez (1941-1995)
Jos Angel Figueroa (b. 1946)
Sandra Mara Esteves (b. 1948)
Jess "Papoleto" Melndez (b. 1951)
Angela de Hoyos (1940-2009)
Evangelina Vigil-Pión (b. 1949)
Into the mainstream: 1980-present
Tino Villanueva (b. 1941)
Gloria Anzalda (1942-2004)
Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990)
Edward Rivera (1944-2001)
Richard Rodriguez (b. 1944)
Alma Luz Villanueva (b. 1944)
Alberto Baltazar Heredia Urista aka Alurista (b. 1947)
Luz Mara Umpierre-Herrera (b. 1947)
Juan Felipe Herrera (b. 1948)
Esmeralda Santiago (b. 1948)
Sherezada "Chiqui" Vicioso (b. 1948)
Victor Hernndez Cruz (b. 1949)
Carlos M. N. Eire (b. 1951)
Roberto G. Fernndez (b. 1951)
Franklin Gutirrez (b. 1951)
Jimmy Santiago Baca (b. 1952)
Judith Ortiz Cofer (b. 1952)
Alberto lvaro Ros (b. 1952)
Giannina Braschi (b. 1953)
Eduardo Machado (b. 1953)
Lorna Dee Cervantes (b. 1954)
Francisco Goldman (b. 1954)
Elas Miguel Muoz (b. 1954)
Ricardo Pau-Llosa (b. 1954)
Luis J. Rodrguez (b. 1954)
Helena Mara Viramontes (b. 1954)
Cecilia Rodrguez Milans (b. 1961)
Sandra M. Castillo (b. 1968)
Guillermo Gmez-Pea (b. 1955)
Luis Alberto Urrea (b. 1955)
Roberto Valero (1955-1994)
Susana Chvez-Silverman (b. 1956)
Dionisio Martnez (b. 1956)
Carolina Hospital (b. 1957)
Alicia Gaspar de Alba (b. 1958)
Demetria Martnez (b. 1960)
Abraham Rodriguez (b. 1961)
Mara Teresa "Mariposa" Fernndez (b. 1977)
The Hernandez brothers: Mario (b. 1953), Gilberto (b. 1957), and Jaime (b. 1959)
Lalo Lpez Alcaraz (b. 1964)
Appendix 1: Chronology. Literature and history
Appendix 2: Treaties, acts, and propositions
Appendix 3: Influential essays by Latin American writers
Jos Enrique Rod (1872-1917)
Jos Vasconcelos (1882-1959)
roberto Fernndez Retamar (b. 1930)