Luisa Valenzuela

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Luisa Valenzuela is an Argentine author who gained some international recognition, though her success was greater abroad than in her home country. She is noted for her novel Novela negra con argentinos (1990; Black Novel with Argentines). Valenzuela is part of a generation of Latin American writers, including Isabel Allende and Diamela Eltit, who emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, a period sometimes referred to as the "post-boom" in Latin American literature.1

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Latin American literature
Post-boom writers
Argentine Luisa Valenzuela had some success, though more abroad than at home, with the exception of her Novela negra con argentinos (1990; Black Novel with Argentines). Chilean Diamela Eltit found a following mostly among academic critics for her highly experimental fiction. Her most discussed novel is…
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Argentine Luisa Valenzuela had some success, though more abroad than at home, with the exception of her Novela negra con argentinos (1990; Black Novel with Argentines). Chilean Diamela Eltit found a following mostly among academic critics for her highly experimental fiction. Her most discussed novel is…
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