Latin American Literature
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January 31, 2017 |
For the past decade, World Literature Today has been proud to collaborate with Beijing Normal University to bring out an annual Chinese edition of the magazine as well as a biannual journal... -
November 28, 2016 |
Jorge Edwards. Photo: Miguel Lucena, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos (Madrid, Spain) Jorge Edwards (b. 1931, Santiago de Chile) has had one of the more extensive careers of Latin American writer... -
May 25, 2016 |
Mario Vargas Llosa / Courtesy of Expansión To celebrate the eightieth birthday of 2004 Neustadt Prize nominee and 1977 Puterbaugh Fellow Mari... -
January 22, 2016 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews We’re sad to report that Mexican Amercian poet Francisco X. Alarcón died of cancer last week. His poetry explored Chicano life in the US. He contributed a poem to WL... -
May 29, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature finalists were announced tonight! Congrats to Can Xue, Caryl Churchill, Carolyn Forché, Aminatta Forna, Ann-Marie Mac...
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