Authors and Literature

Question 1

RUBÉN DARÍO

Answer 1

•Modernismo
•De Nicaragua
•Poems are full of color and music

Question 2

GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ

Answer 2

•Cien años de soledad
•De Colombia
•Realismo mágico
•Boom latinoamericano

Question 3

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA

Answer 3

•De Peru
•Parte del Boom latinoamericano
•Winner of Nobel Prize
•Realism

Question 4

CARLOS FUENTES

Answer 4

•De Mexico
•Parte del Boom latinoamericano

Question 5

CARLOS FUENTES

Answer 5

•De Mexico
•Parte del Boom latinoamericano

Question 6

JULIO CORTÁZAR

Answer 6

•De Argentina
•Part del Boom latinoamericano

Question 7

Boom

Answer 7

•group of Latin American writers who started writing between 1960 and 1970
•Cortázar, Vargas Llosa, Fuentes, y García Márquez

Question 8

JUAN RULFO

Answer 8

•De Mexico
•Wrote novels and short stories
•Known as one of the creators of magic realism
•Pedro Páramo

Question 9

PABLO NERUDA

Answer 9

•De Chile
•Poet
• 20th Century

Question 10

JORGE LUIS BORGES

Answer 10

•De Argentina
•Poet, Essayist, and Story Writer
•Leader of ultraísmo

Question 11

FRIDA KAHLO

Answer 11

•De Mexico
•Painter
•Self Portraits
•Influenced by surrealism

Question 12

JOSÉ MARTI

Answer 12

•De Cuba
•Main themes were about freedom and liberalism
•19th Century

Question 13

ROMANTICISMO

Answer 13

•19th Century
•Idealism, freedom, and passionate love

Question 14

REALISMO

Answer 14

•19th Century
•Realistic depiction of society

Question 15

ISABEL ALLENDE

Answer 15

•De Peru
•Moved to Chile at a young age considers herself Chilean
•Magic Realism
•Influence by García Marquez

Question 16

OCTAVIO PAZ

Answer 16

•De Mexico
•20th Century
•Poet and Essayist
•Surrealism and Existentialism

Question 17

DIEGO RIVERA

Answer 17

•De Mexico
•Painter
•Married to Frida Kahlo
•Influenced by Italian Renaissance and the Russian communist movement

Question 18

MODERNISMO

Answer 18

•late 19th Century to early 20th century
•Dario was the representative
•Characterized by careful and sensual language with brilliant metaphors.
•Placed their works in exotic refined environments

Question 19

SALVADOR DALI

Answer 19

•De España
•Surrealism and Cubism
20th Century

Question 20

SOR JUSNA INÉS DE LA CRUZ

Answer 20

•De Mexico
•Themes: love, philosophy, gender, religion, beauty and more
•Nun
Famous work: Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz

Question 21

POPUL VUH

Answer 21

•Anonymous Native American author
•Important source about the Mayan of the Pre-Colombian period

Question 22

SIGLO DE ORO

Answer 22

•1500s-1600s
•Spanish art, literature, and music

Question 23

GARCILASO DE LA VEGA

Answer 23

•De España
•16th Century
•Poet
•Themes: love and the meaning of life

Question 24

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA

Answer 24

•De España
•Born in 1500s, died 1600’s
•Wrote Don Quijote de la Mancha

Question 25

DIEGO VELÁSQUEZ

Answer 25

•De España •17th Century •Painted “Las meninas”

Question 26

FRANCISCO GOYA

Answer 26

•De España •Painter •Famous painting “Saturno devorando a su hijo”

Question 27

PABLO PICASSO

Answer 27

•De España •Painter •One of the people that defined Cubism