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Also Known As Spanish-American literature

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Iván Duque
Iván Duque
president of Colombia
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican poet and scholar
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan writer
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Roberto Bolaño
Chilean author
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian author
Vallejo, César
César Vallejo
Peruvian poet
Rachel de Queiroz
Brazilian novelist
Alejo Carpentier
Cuban author
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American author
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Gómez Bolaños, Roberto
Chespirito
Mexican actor and writer
Ernesto Sábato, 1985.
Ernesto Sábato
Argentine writer
Rubem Fonseca
Brazilian author

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
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Nobel Prize Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the Fifty Thousand Colombian Pesos Bill
Latin American Authors
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