Latin American Boom

E18043
cultural phenomenon literary movement

The Latin American Boom was a mid-20th-century literary movement in which innovative Latin American novelists gained global prominence through experimental narratives and magical realism.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Latin American Boom canonical 48
Latin American Boom writers 3
Boom of Latin American literature 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural phenomenon ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
associatedConcept lo real maravilloso ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ
emergedInContextOf Cold War ⓘ
Cuban Revolution ⓘ
rapid urbanization in Latin America ⓘ
endPeriod 1970s ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
narrative fiction ⓘ
followedBy Post-Boom ⓘ
gainedVisibilityThrough European publishing houses ⓘ
Spanish-language literary prizes ⓘ
translation into English ⓘ
genreFocus novel ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Latin American Boom ⓘ
surface form: Boom latinoamericano

Latin American Boom ⓘ
surface form: Latin American literary Boom
hasCharacteristic cosmopolitan outlook ⓘ
experimental narrative techniques ⓘ
formal innovation ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ
multiple perspectives ⓘ
nonlinear storytelling ⓘ
political engagement ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Latin American cultural identity ⓘ
postmodern fiction ⓘ
world literature ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
mainRegion Latin America ⓘ
notableAuthor Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
Carlos Fuentes ⓘ
Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
José Donoso ⓘ
Juan Rulfo ⓘ
Julio Cortázar ⓘ
Manuel Puig ⓘ
Mario Vargas Llosa ⓘ
notableWork One Hundred Years of Solitude ⓘ
Rayuela ⓘ
The Death of Artemio Cruz ⓘ
The Kingdom of This World ⓘ
The Obscene Bird of Night ⓘ
The Time of the Hero ⓘ
precededBy Latin American regionalist novel ⓘ
startPeriod 1960s ⓘ
typicalTheme dictatorship and authoritarianism ⓘ
history and memory ⓘ
identity and hybridity ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gabriel García Márquez → movement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
One Hundred Years of Solitude → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
No One Writes to the Colonel → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
In Evil Hour → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
magical realism → emergedFrom → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American literary boom
Latin American Boom → hasAlternativeName → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boom latinoamericano
Latin American Boom → hasAlternativeName → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American literary Boom
Macondo → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Love in the Time of Cholera → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Of Love and Other Demons → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
The Autumn of the Patriarch → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Leaf Storm → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boom of Latin American literature
Strange Pilgrims → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Alejo Carpentier → influenced → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Boom writers
Mercedes Barcha → associatedWith → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Latin American literature → hasMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Gabo → refersToPersonMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Guillermo Cabrera Infante → movement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Mario Vargas Llosa → movement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
The Death of Artemio Cruz → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Editorial Sudamericana → associatedWith → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Boom movement
José Arcadio Buendía → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Remedios the Beauty → literaryPeriod → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boom of Latin American literature
Rayuela → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
The Time of the Hero → movement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
The Obscene Bird of Night → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
The Kingdom of This World → influenced → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Post-Boom → follows → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Post-Boom → hasInfluenceFrom → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Big Mama’s Funeral → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Bayardo San Román → literaryPeriod → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Julio Cortázar → movement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Carlos Fuentes → movement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
I Only Came to Use the Phone → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
The Ghosts of August → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Light Is Like Water → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Doce cuentos peregrinos → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
José Donoso → movement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
I Sell My Dreams → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
María dos Prazeres → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Of Love and Shadows → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Los pasos perdidos → hasInfluenceOn → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Boom literature
El siglo de las luces → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Explosion in a Cathedral → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Concierto barroco → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ
Gregory Rabassa → genre → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Boom literature
El Aleph → influenced → Latin American Boom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin American Boom writers
El otoño del patriarca → literaryMovement → Latin American Boom ⓘ