The Crack Movement, or literature of the Crack generation ( es, la generación del "crack"), describes a literary movement in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
that began in the mid-1990s. It was initiated by a number of young Mexican authors who broke with literary conventions in what is thought to have been a reaction to the
Latin American Boom. Notable contributors include:
Ignacio Padilla
Ignacio Padilla (November 7, 1968 – August 20, 2016)
was a Mexican writer whose works were translated into several languages. Padilla helped found the Crack Movement, along with fellow writers Eloy Urroz, Jorge Volpi, and Pedro Angel Pa ...
,
Jorge Volpi
Jorge Volpi (full name Jorge Volpi Escalante, born July 10, 1968) is a Mexican novelist and essayist, best known for his novels such as ''In Search of Klingsor (En busca de Klingsor)''. Trained as a lawyer, he gained notice in the 1990s wit ...
,
Eloy Urroz,
Pedro Ángel Palou and Ricardo Chávez-Castañeda.
References
External links
Crack Manifesto
Mexican literary movements
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