Literary Resources
Literature in Spanish
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Palabra Virtual
- A large collection of Latin American and Spanish poets. Spanish.
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Poesias - Collection of poetry. Searchable
author, title, chronology and first verse. Spanish.
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Hispanic Collections - Department of
Special Collections - Notre Dame's Department of Special Collections
recently updated their site. Previously unavailable, now the Spanish and
Latin American special collections have been brought together at the above
site. Of particular interest will be the O'Grady Southern Cone Authors
Collection.
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Foro libre,
Cadiz - From this site you can read the poems from the I Festival
Poético por la Paz y la Libertad, some of which are written
by Latin Americans.
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Premiados - A database
of award-winning authors. This site allows you to search by author name, genre of literature or
by major prize names. Site includes biographical information as well as a list of the prizes won by each author.
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Princeton
Collection of Latin American Rare Books - An up-to-date list with descriptions and links of Latin
American literary, cultural, and historical collections at Princeton's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Special emphasis on correspondence. English.
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Vox Horrísona
- Site dedicated to poetry that "leaves a good taste in the ears and spirit
of those who read it," especially that of Peruvian poet Luis Hernández
Camarero.
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WESSWEB - The
Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research
Libraries. Here you'll find electronic literary text collections
in Catalán, Galego, Portuguese, and Spanish, among others.
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The Sor Juana
Inés de la Cruz Project, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
of Dartmouth College. This site includes "an electronic edition of
her complete works based on the text of Adolfo Méndez Plancarte
and Alberto G. Salceda."
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Ibero-American Electronic Text Series - Electronic versions of works by
important Ibero-American writers, such as Miguel de Cervantes, Hernán Cortes,
Esteban Echevarría, Eugenio María de Hostos, and Juana Inés de la Cruz.
- La Casa de Asterión -
Online literary journal edited by Manuel Guillermo Ortega of the Departamento
de Idiomas, Universidad del Atlántico (Barranquilla, Colombia). In Spanish.
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Guatemala
Nicaragua
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Dariana,
a page dedicated to the diffusion of Latin American poetry, focusing on
Nicaragua.
Peru
- Centro de
Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar Peruvian organization
dedicated to literary research, focused on the writings of Cornejo Polar
and those of other Peruvian and Latin American writers with similar
themes. In Spanish.
- Check out their Enlaces de Interés
for links to sites about other writers, as well as links to academic institutions and electronic literary journals.
- Mario Vargas Llosa - site dedicated to the Peruvian author, his
biography and his works. Spanish.
Literature in Portuguese
Brazil
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Paulo Coelho The homepage of
the famous Brazilian writer. Available in multiple languages, it
contains free downloads of many of his works, as well as biography, photo
gallery, and other sections.
On-line Book Stores
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Submarino.com.
Brazil-based on-line bookstore providing access to Spanish and Portuguese-language
books, videos, music, and information on authors, artists, etc.
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Librerías
Gandhi. Another on-line bookstore dealing in Spanish language books,
music, videos, etc.
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