If you’re a Spanish literature enthusiast, then you’ve probably heard of authors like Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende. While these famous Spanish authors wrote their names into history in the 20th century, up-and-coming writers continue to create modern new works.
With a plethora of current Spanish literature at your fingertips online, it’s time to dive into some of the most significant and thought-provoking stories of our own time. Who knows, the current Spanish author you’re reading just might be the next Pablo Neruda!
Keep reading to discover 10 works from this century so you can practice your Spanish with the most current language, settings, and plots. What is 21st Century Spanish Literature?
We’re just 21 years into the 21st century, and the 2000s have already brought about exponential growth in technology leaving no corner untouched. Technology continues to impact every aspect of our lives—even literature!. Spanish literature of the 21st century includes both prose and poetry. Many of the works questions the purpose and nature of art in the current context of information technology.
Generación Mutante (“Afterpop”) led the creation of this new literature hybrid. This generation is made up of a group of Spanish writers born between 1960 and 1976. Afterpop gets its name from the surplus of pop culture among the Spanish youth of the early 21st century. This group is full of nonconformists who share common themes about the power of image and the media.
