The following is a list of Mexican-American writers.
A-C
Oscar Zeta Acosta Rodolfo Acuña Kathleen Alcala Alurista Rudolfo Anaya, author of children's book Bless Me, Ultima Gloria E. Anzaldúa, author of Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color Ron Arias Jimmy Santiago Baca, author and poet José Antonio Burciaga Nash Candelaria Xochiquetzal Candelaria Norma Elia Cantú Ana Castillo, author of So Far from God Rafael C. Castillo Lorna Dee Cervantes Angelico Chavez Denise Chávez, an author and playwright Sandra Cisneros Lucha Corpi Margarita Cota-Cárdenas, author of Puppet: A Chicano Novella (in Spanish; 1985)
D-J
Alicia Gaspar de Alba, author of Desert Blood Adina Emilia De Zavala Lorenzo de Zavala Abelardo Delgado, author of Letters to Louise (1982) Roberta Fernández Fernando A. Flores, author of Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas, Vol.1 (2014) Gregory Thomas Garcia Julian S. Garcia Xavier Garza Diana Gabaldon Dagoberto Gilb Jennifer Givhan Rodolfo Gonzales Jovita González Mireles, author of Caballero: A Historical Novel Rigoberto González Stephanie Elizondo Griest José Ángel Gutiérrez Jaime Hernandez Juan Felipe Herrera Maria Hinojosa Rolando Hinojosa Arturo Islas Francisco Jiménez
K-M
Luis Leal, writer, author, and UCSB professor Alexis Madrigal, author of "Powering the Dream" (2010) Patricia Santos Marcantonio Al Martinez, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist; author of Ashes in the Rain: Selected Essays (1990)* Elizabeth Martínez, author of 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures (1991) Rubén Martínez Bill Melendez Maria Cristina Mena Miguel Méndez Jim Mendiola Pat Mora Cherríe Moraga, co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color and author of A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness Alejandro Morales Angela Morales, author of The Girls in My Town (2016) Alejandro Murguía
N-R
Julian Nava Josefina Niggli Daniel Olivas, Miguel Antonio Otero Américo Paredes, author of With His Pistol in His Hand Joe Perez Cecile Piñeda Mary Helen Ponce Estela Portillo Trambley (1936–1998), receive the Quinto Sol Literary Prize. Adriana E. Ramírez, author of Dead Boys (2016) John Rechy Alberto Ríos Tomás Rivera, author of ...y no se lo tragó la tierra Luis J. Rodriguez Robert Rodriguez Richard Rodriguez María Amparo Ruiz de Burton Rudy Ruiz Pam Muñoz Ryan, author of Esperanza Rising
S-Z
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, author of Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Floyd Salas Rubén Salazar Raúlrsalinas (Raúl R. Salinas), poet and author of Un trip through the mind jail y otras excursions (1980) Alex Sánchez Erika Sánchez, author and poet Ricardo Sánchez Ricardo Sanchez, author and United States Army general Hope Sandoval John Phillip Santos, author, journalist, and filmmaker Danzy Senna Shea Serrano Michelle Serros, author of Chicana Falsa and How to Be a Chicana Role Model. Adela Sloss Vento Roberto Solis Octavio Solis, award-winning playwright and director Gary Soto, author of Baseball in April: Stories and Buried Onions. Mario Suárez Luis Talamantez, poet and activist Jesús Salvador Treviño Marisela Treviño Orta Sergio Troncoso, author of The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, From This Wicked Patch of Dust and Crossing Borders: Personal Essays John Trudell, musician, author, poet and Political activist Sabine Ulibarrí Jorge Ulica (a.k.a. Julio G. Arce) Martin Guevara Urbina Luís Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway and Nobody's Son. Luis Valdez Richard Vasquez Robert Vasquez Félix Varela Alfredo Véa, Jr. Alma Luz Villanueva José Antonio Villarreal Victor Villaseñor Helena Maria Viramontes, author of Under the Feet of Jesus. Gwendolyn Zepeda
See also
Chicano literature Chicano poetry Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Before Columbus Foundation
References
External links
Teresa McKenna, "Chicano Literature", in Redefining American Literary History, Ed. A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff and Jerry W. Ward, MLA, 1990.
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