Jorge Enrique Adoum -- Claribel Alegría -- Jorge Artel -- Antonio Vila Jiménez -- Porfirio Barba-Jacob -- Yolanda Bedregal -- Jorge Luis Borges -- Manuel del Cabral -- Jorge Carrera Andrade -- Julián del Casal -- Oscar Cerruto -- Roque Dalton -- Julieta Dobles Yzaguirre -- Ricardo Freyre -- Fina García Marruz -- Oliverio Girondo -- León de Greiff -- Nicolás Guillén -- Vicente Huidobro -- Roberto Juarroz -- Claudia Lars --
José Lezama Lima -- Enrique Lihn -- Dulce María Loynaz -- Leopoldo Lugones -- Gabriela Mistral -- Nancy Morejón -- Alvaro Mutis -- Pablo Neruda -- Eunice Odio -- Olga Orozco -- Nicanor Parra -- Alejandra Pizarnik -- Pedro Prado -- Jaime Saénz -- Pedro Shimose -- José Asunción Silva -- Alfonsina Storni -- Jorge Teillier -- Salomón Ureña de Henríquez -- Cintio Vitier -- Adela Zamudio
Summary
Essays on authors considered to be among the most representative writers of each of the eighteen Spanish-speaking American countries, including the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Within this context "modern" refers to those poets writing from the 1880s to the early 21st century