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• EpicPopol VuhAnonymous · 1550The book of creation and of the hero twins of the K'iche' Maya, written down in the Latin alphabet after the conquest.Literature
• PoetryHimno a la LunaMaría Josefa García Granados · 1830not translated into EnglishThe grave verses of a feared Guatemalan satirist, in the aftermath of independence.LiteraturePublic domain
• PoetryLas falsas aparienciasJosé Batres Montúfar · 1845not translated into EnglishMocking octaves on the high society of Guatemala in the middle of the nineteenth century.LiteraturePublic domain
• TheatreRabinal AchiRabinal AchíAnonymous · 1850A Maya drama that the community of Rabinal still dances, in which two enemy warriors speak to each other before the sentence.Literature
• NovelLa hija del AdelantadoJosé Milla y Vidaurre · 1866not translated into EnglishA thwarted love in the circle of the conquistador of Guatemala, in the first colonial capital.LiteraturePublic domain
• NovelEl problemaMáximo Soto Hall · 1899not translated into EnglishA speculative novel about the hold of the United States over Central America, published in Costa Rica.Literature
• PoetryCenizas de ItaliaMaría Cruz · 1905not translated into EnglishThe only collection published in the lifetime of a Guatemalan poet who lived in Europe and gave her verse to the journals of both continents.Literature
• TaleEl hombre que parecía un caballoRafael Arévalo Martínez · 1915not translated into EnglishA tale in which each character reveals the animal that dwells within, written on the margins of a friendship between two poets.Literature
• NovelEl evangelio del amorEnrique Gómez Carrillo · 1922not translated into EnglishA Byzantine novel on carnal love as a path to God, written in Paris by a Guatemalan chronicler.LiteraturePublic domain
• PoetryMaelströmLuis Cardoza y Aragón · 1926not translated into EnglishAn avant-garde book written in Paris by a young Guatemalan, combining prose, verse and montage.Literature
• NovelThe PresidentEl señor PresidenteMiguel Ángel Asturias · 1946The terror of a Central American dictatorship, told in the language of nightmare.Literature
• NovelEntre la piedra y la cruzMario Monteforte Toledo · 1948not translated into EnglishThe great indigenist novel of the Guatemalan revolution of 1944, centred on a Tz'utujil hero.Literature
• CinemaCuatro vidasJosé Giaccardi · 1949A melodrama of romantic rivalries, filmed in Guatemala with two stars of Mexican cinema.Cinema
• CinemaEl SombrerónGuillermo Andreu and Eduardo Fleischmann · 1950The country's most famous legend, brought to the screen by a radio man from Guatemala City.Cinema
• TheatreLas manos de DiosCarlos Solórzano · 1956not translated into EnglishA village Antigone standing up against the master, the priest and fear.Literature
• PoetryLet's Go!Vámonos patria a caminarOtto René Castillo · 1965A Guatemalan collection that unites love song and the call to the homeland, around a poem awarded a prize in 1956.Literature
• TaleThe Black Sheep and Other FablesLa oveja negra y demás fábulasAugusto Monterroso · 1969Very short fables in which animals act out the failings of people of letters and of power.Literature
• PoetryPoemas de la izquierda eróticaAna María Rodas · 1973not translated into EnglishThe first collection of a Guatemalan woman poet, a scandal of 1973 and a founding moment of women's poetry.Literature
• NovelItzam NaArturo Arias · 1981not translated into EnglishA novel of mingled voices about the gilded youth of the capital, written far from the country.Literature
• CinemaEl NorteGregory Nava · 1983The flight of two young Maya people to the United States, filmed with Guatemalan refugees.Cinema
• NovelTime Commences in XibalbáEl tiempo principia en XibalbáLuis de Lión · 1985A Maya novel of circular time, published after the death of its Kaqchikel author.Literature
• CinemaEl silencio de NetoLuis Argueta · 1994A childhood during the overthrow of Árbenz, in a house in the capital where people keep silent.Cinema

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