Introduction: the search for wholeness
Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566)
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (ca. 1490-ca. 1560)
Fray Marcos de Niza (ca. 1495-1558)
Hernando de Soto (ca. 1496-1542)
Pedro Castañeda de Nájera (ca. 1512-death inknown)
Juan de Castellanos (1522-1607)
"El Inca" Garcilaso de La Vega (ca. 1539-1616)
Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548-1624)
Juan de Oñate (1550-1626)
Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá (ca. 1555-1620)
Fray Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711)
Fray Junípero Serra (1713-1784)
Fray Juan Crespi (1721-1782)
Juan Bautista de Anza (1736-1788)
Félix Varela (1787-1853)
Eulalia Pérez (ca. 1780-death unknown)
Antonio María Osio y Higuera (1800-1878)
Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros (1803-1866)
José María Heredia (1803-1839)
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (1806-1890)
José Policarpo Rodríguez (1829-1914)
Andrew García (1855?-1943)
Southwestern newspaper poetry
Juan B. Hijar y Jaro (dates unknown)
J. M. Vigil (dates unknown)
José Rómulo Ribera (birth unknown-1917)
Luis A. Torres (dates unknown)
Luis Tafoya aka X.X.X. (1851-1922)
Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827-1898)
María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (1832-1895)
Eugenio María de Hostos (1839-1903)
Lola Rodríguez de Tió (1843-1924)
Sotero Figueroa (1851-1923)
Manuel M. Salazar (1854-1911)
Luis Muñoz Rivera (1859-1916)
Miguel Antonio Otero Jr. (1859-1944)
Francisco Gonzalo "Pachín" Marín (1863-1897)
José Escobar (dates unknown)
Julio G. Arce aka Jorge Ulica (1870-1926)
Eusebio Chacón (1869-1948)
Felipe Maximiliano Chacón (1873-1949)
Isidoro Armijo (1871-1949)
Arthur A. Schomburg (1874-1938)
Leonor Villegas de Magnón (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)
María Cristina Mena (1893-1965)
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (ca. 1894-1991)
Luis Muńoz Marín (1898-1980)
Jesús Colón (1901-1974)
José Dávila Semprit (1902-1958)
Eugenio Florit (1903-1999)
Jovita González de Mireles (1904-1983)
Ernesto Galarza (1905-1984)
Fray Angélico Chávez (1910-1996)
Josefina Niggli (1910-1983)
Julia de Burgos (1914-1953)
Américo Paredes (1915-1999)
Guillermo Cotto-Thorner (1916-1983)
René Marqués (1919-1979)
Sabine R. Ulibarrí (1919-2003)
José Yglesias (1919-1995)
José Antonio Villarreal (b. 1924)
Mario Suárez (1925-1998)
José Luis González (1926-1994)
César Chávez (1927-1993)
Nash Candelaria (b. 1928)
Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales (1928-2005)
Pedro Juan Soto (1928-2002)
Richard Vazquez (1928-1994)
Rolando Hinojosa (b. 1929)
María Irene Fornés (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 Sänchez (b. 1936)
Estela Portillo Trambley(1936-1999)
Rudolfo A. Anaya (b. 1937)
Lourdes Casal (1938-1981)
Mary Helen Ponce (b. 1938)
José Antonio Burciaga (1940-1996)
Victor Villaseñor (b. 1940)
Ricardo Sánchez (1941-1995)
Miguel Algarín (b. 1941)
José Angel Figueroa (b. 1946)
Miguel Piñero (1946-1988)
Sandra María Esteves (b. 1948)
Jesús "Papoleto" Meléndez (b. 1951)
Angela de Hoyos (1940-2009)
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (b. 1949)
Into the mainstream: 1980-present
Tino Villanueva (b. 1941)
Gloria Anzaldúa (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 María Umpierre-Herrera (b. 1947)
Juan Felipe Herrera (b. 1948)
Esmeralda Santiago (b. 1948)
Sherezada "Chiqui" Vicioso (b. 1948)
Victor Hernández Cruz (b. 1949)
Carlos M. N. Eire (b. 1951)
Roberto G. Fernández (b. 1951)
Franklin Gutiérrez (b. 1951)
Jimmy Santiago Baca (b. 1952)
Cherríe Moraga (b. 1952)
Judith Ortiz Cofer (b. 1952)
Alberto Álvaro Ríos (b. 1952)
Giannina Braschi (b. 1953)
Eduardo Machado (b. 1953)
Kathleen Alcalá (b. 1954)
Lorna Dee Cervantes (b. 1954)
Francisco Goldman (b. 1954)
Elías Miguel Muñoz (b. 1954)
Ricardo Pau-Llosa (b. 1954)
Luis J. Rodríguez (b. 1954)
Helena María Viramontes (b. 1954)
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés (b. 1961)
Sandra M. Castillo (b. 1968)
Guillermo Gómez-Peña (b. 1955)
Luis Alberto Urrea (b. 1955)
Roberto Valero (1955-1994)
Susana Chávez-Silverman (b. 1956)
Dionisio Martínez (b. 1956)
Carolina Hospital (b. 1957)
Cristina García (b. 1958)
Alicia Gaspar de Alba (b. 1958)
Demetria Martínez (b. 1960)
Abraham Rodriguez (b. 1961)
Rubén Martínez (b. 1962)
Daniel Alarcón (b. 1977)
María Teresa "Mariposa" Fernández (b. 1977)
The Hernandez brothers: Mario (b. 1953), Gilberto (b. 1957), and Jaime (b. 1959)
Lalo López Alcaraz (b. 1964)
Appendix 1: Chronology. Literature and history
Appendix 2: Treaties, acts, and propositions
Appendix 3: Influential essays by Latin American writers
José Enrique Rodó (1872-1917)
José Vasconcelos (1882-1959)
Roberto Fernández Retamar (b. 1930).