Naming Central America

At the FIL we are convinced that without Central America, Latin America reads incomplete. And that is why, Naming Central America started in 2015, because Central America Counts. This space of dialogue was designed to establish bridges that bring readers closer to the great works of that region.

Naming Central America is also to name the narrow waist of what Carlos Fuentes called “the territory of La Mancha.” One cannot think of Central America and leave aside authors to whom Latin American literature owes an immense debt. We are talking about Rubén Darío, Salarrué, Miguel Ángel Asturias and Augusto Monterroso, among many others. But beyond this, what do we know about Central America and its authors? How do Central American authors narrate the region? What are the discourses of the new literature of the Isthmus? Where is Central American literature headed?