Literature of Colombia
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Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez for his masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
The Colombian literature, as an expression of the Culture of Colombia, is halfblooded, tropical and diverse due to the struggle between the Spanish, African and Native American heritages. Colonialist literatureDuring the Spanish Empire domination in Colombia, the main topic of the local literature was religious. Some of the main authors of this period are:
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The republic forces defeated the Spanish Empire in the Battle of Boyacá
During the process of independence, the colombian literatura was strongly influenced by the political motivations of the moment. The main literary movements at the time, were of romanticism-type.
Other relevant authors were: The costumbrismo literature
In the late XIX and early XX centuries, the main Topic in the Colombian literature was the colourful depictions of the peasant life, with strong criticism to the society and government. This type of literature was named the costumbrist literature. Some of the authors of this period are:
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José Eustasio Rivera in 1928, author of "La Vorágine" novel that depicts the brutal slavery of the native american forced to harvest the latex from the Para rubber tree.
The modern literature movement is a reaction against the romantic old fashioned literature. Its main topics are mainly the ugliness and the mystery. The main modern writers are:
Stone and Sky movement (Piedra y Cielo)The industrialization process in Latin America during the XX century generated new literary movements such as the poetic movement named “Piedra y cielo” (1939). Its main authors are:
The Nothing-ism (Nadaismo)The violent events in Colombia during the 1940s and 1950s such as La Violencia and the military government of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla resulted in the Nothing-ist movement, which is the local interpretation of the existentialism and nihilism in literature. Authors of this movement are:
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Yellow butterflies are a distinctive feature in 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia
This prolific period of the post-modern colombian literature includes
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La virgen de los sicarios is a LGBT related novel by Fernando Vallejo
Poetry
Children literature in ColombiaSome of the characters most recognized in the colombian children literature and the popular imaginery are the stock characters created by Rafael Pombo, which are often found in nursery rhymes, familiar folk tales and in the textbooks for elementary school.
Other important children literature authors are:
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