Welcome to Latin American Women Writers

Latin American Women Writers is an extensive searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Also included are essays by Latin American feminists and revolutionaries, who address both the universal concerns of women in every age and the distinctive issues of their struggles in the region. New content is uploaded on a biweekly basis, giving users immediate access to a steadily growing treasury of extraordinary writings. The database currently features 36 plays and over 48,000 pages of prose. Learn More »

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A Mulher na Construcao do Mundo Futuro
A Mulher na Construcao do Mundo Futuro, by Rose Marie Muraro, an author at the center of the feminist revolution of the second half of the twentieth century in Brazil.


Aves sin nido
Aves sin nido, a novel by the Peruvian writer and journalist Clorinda Matto de Turner about a love affair between a white man and an indigenous woman and the immoral conduct of Catholic priests, two very controversial themes when it was first published in 1889.


Influencia de las Ideas Modernas
Influencia de las Ideas Modernas, a play by Luisa Capetillo, the anarchist Puerto Rican writer who fought for women's rights in the early twentieth century.


No Me Agarran Viva: La Mujer Salvadorena en Lucha
No Me Agarran Viva: La Mujer Salvadorena en Lucha, a work by Claribel Alegria and Darwin J. Flakoll portraying the life of Eugenia (Ana Maria Castillo) - one of many revolutionary women from El Salvador dedicated to the liberation of their people.