Louisiana literature


The literature of Louisiana, United States, includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative authors include Kate Chopin, Alcée Fortier, Ernest Gaines, Walker Percy, Anne Rice and John Kennedy Toole.

History

A printing press began operating in New Orleans in 1764.
The French-language newspapers Courrier de la Louisiane and L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans published "literary material."
The francophone Athénée Louisianais formed in 1876. Lafcadio Hearn's La Cuisine Creole, a cookbook, was published in New Orleans in 1885.
In the late 19th century Kate Chopin, Grace King, and Alice Dunbar Nelson wrote about Louisiana Creole people.
In 1935 Robert Penn Warren launched The Southern Review, based in Baton Rouge.

Louisiana Literary Award

The Louisiana Library Association has made an annual award to Louisiana Literature since 1949.

Louisiana Writer Award

The Louisiana Writer Award is given annually by the Louisiana Center for the Book at the State Library of Louisiana "to recognize the extraordinary contributions to the state's literary heritage exemplified by the artist's body of work."

published in 19th-20th c.

  • 1843-
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published in 21st c.

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