Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 - October 15 and celebrates the huge impact that Hispanic Americans and their ancestors have had on American culture.
Hispanic literature is extremely diverse, with authors coming from across Spain and Latin America. From Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude which brought both Latin Literature Magical Realism to the forefront of the world stage, to Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street, which has been taught everywhere from Elementary Schools to Universities, to Pedro Martin’s Mexikid, which won the 2024 Newbury Award, it’s well worth your time to explore Hispanic Literature!
Pictured From Left to Right
Top Row:
Miriam Gurba (author of Creep) Xochitl Gonzalez (author of Anita De Monte Laughs Last), Alex Espinoza (author of The Sons of El Rey), Pam Munoz-Ryan (author of Esperanza Rising), Pedro Martin (author of Mexikid) Matt de la Peña (Newbery Medal Winner for Last Stop on Market Street) Shea Serrano (author of Movies (and Other Things)) Cristina Henriquez (author of The Great Divide) JP Brammer (author of ¡Hola Papi!) Javier Zamora (author of Solito)
Middle Row:
Gabriela Garcia (author of Of Women and Salt) Sandra Cisneros (author of The House on Mango Street) Elizabeth Acevedo (author of Family Lore) Edel Rodriguez (author of Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey) Silvia Moreno-Garcia (author of The Seventh Veil of Salome)
Bottom Row:
Laura Esquivel (author of Like Water for Chocolate) Luis Alberto Urrea (author of Goodnight, Irene) Gabriel García Márquez (Nobel Prize Winner for One Hundred Years of Solitude) Julia Alvarez (author of The Cemetery of Untold Stories) Isabel Allende (author of Violeta)
