This comprehensive Spanish-language guide to Latin American literature is an invaluable resource for teachers and students alike.With coverage of Latin American literature from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, this easy-to-use encyclopedic dictionary provides essential information about great writers who, although from different countries with their own distinct cultural identities, are united by one language in a rich literary history.The dictionary includes? More than 300 writers, representative of each century from the sixteenth up to today ? Information about their works, their lives, and their world ? Indexes at the end of the book offering an overview of different time periods, allowing the reader to view writers' works in the appropriate historical and cultural contexts