Literatura

Here are our recommendations for the books and essays to read to honor the legacy of the Nobel-Prize-winning author, who passed away in New York City at the age of 88 on Aug. 5.

In his fourth novel of the series, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, captures the essence of Mexico City while writing the everyday life and loneliness of Detective Belascoarán. 

Author Maribel García shares her inspiration for writing her recently published novel– Profound and Perfect Things. 

Witchcraft, cosmetic reconstruction, and a classic love story that ends in tragedy– Fernando de Rojas writes about a century with revolutionary ideas. 

We explored the rich literary and storytelling tradition of the language of Quechua with UPenn professor Américo Mendoza-Mori in our latest episode of Literatura Oral.

Here are five of the immigrant poets whose work is shaping the landscape of American literature. 

Professor Americo Mendoza Mori shares a poem from Peruvian writer José María Arguedas.

In our latest episode of Literatura Oral, AL DÍA reporter Emily Neil reflects on the impact of the poet Federico García Lorca on her own life.

The Honduran-born and Philly-based author, Allan Fajardo, talked to AL DÍA about his recently published novel that reveals the history of Honduras and the experience of being an immigrant.

The seventh episode of Literatura Oral explores the controversial family Buendía in Gabriel García Márquez's Cien Años de Soledad.

Celebrating the life and works of one of the most important poets and dramatist of the twentieth century. 

Rhymes, passion and women: the work of one of Spain's most important modernist poets. 

The thirty-fourth edition of the Bogota International Book Fair with the slogan "Léete. El país invitado eres tú", is a subtle but disturbing portrait of the nation's feelings and tensions.

A short story where love can only be found in dreams and the desire for a different life seems unreachable. 

Writers at the 3rd Annual Hispanic Book Festival of Virginia spoke on the importance of maintaining the Spanish language as a medium of creative expression. 

The unspoken effects of the dictatorship in Chile inspired the play by Ariel Dorfman, which contains more than just a historical tale of torture and suffering.

Spanish professor Rogelio Miñana, visits AL DÍA for a conversation that not only questions reality but also the virtue in people, through the mind of Miguel de Cervantes. 

The premiere episode of this new series takes us to the timeless world portrayed in the book Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo. 

Perhaps because he wrote all his work in Spanish, this master of literature is easily overlooked. In the age of the Internet, not anymore. His words were alive this week in a AL DÍA Studio during the recording of the first episode of a podcast series entitled “Literature to Listen to” (Literatura Oral), soon to be launched.