/lit/ - Literature

You mean of the past 30-so years, or from the past decade?

Pacheco looms pretty large in terms of poetry and prose, but I've only read most of his stories (and Las batallas is one of my favourite novellas).
"El grafógrafo" by Elizondo is one of the defining texts of the new, experimental wave (very nouveau roman-ish, think Robbe-Grillet).
As for recent shit, I've been reading Juan Villoro, Valeria Luiselli, Álvaro Enrigue (incredibly good).
If you want a starting point, go back to "la nueva onda" with Gustavo Sainz and José Agustín.

And you can't forget Sergio Pitol and Elena Poniatowska.
Pitol writes in a very beautiful, vibrant prose. I mean, he has very lush and bright colours (he studied to be a painter), his characters all act like they're in on a joke that you have to figure out, and his actions are fluid.
Poniatowska wrote mainly crónicas (La noche de Tlatelolco her most famous), but has also written some good novels (Hasta no verte, Jesus mio).

Yes and I'd agree with the first comment. If you're a native English speaker I'd check out Dalkey Archive Press's Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction: http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/product/best-of-contemporary-mexican-fiction-2/

I wouldn't really recommend Carlos Fuentes' last few books. Like most of the Boom writers, his early stuff is the most important. That said, Terra Nostra really is one of the greatest books I've ever read. I don't mean it had a huge impact on Mexican or even Spanish literature, I mean that every word is so, so meaningful, so beautiful that you can't help but be amazed. It's like reading Ana Karenina or Pale Fire for the first time again.
If crónicas are your thing, Carlos Monsiváis is a good starting point (he's like a male, Mexican Joan Didion, no really!).

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Last decade really, I just used that image because it's the last book I read, I'm more interested in young writers from today if possible. Out of the ones you mentioned I've read Elizondo (Farabeuf was absolutely brilliant) Pitol (only a bunch of short stories, which I loved) and Poniatowska, not a big fan of her's but I've never read her fiction.

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Definitely read Villoro and Enrigue, because they blow me out of he water in terms of the originality and mastery of their styles. Mexican lit has come a long way since Rulfo and Arreola.

Oh, and Lolita Bosch! Her novella, Una: la historia de Piitor y Py is amazingly good.

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Thanks! I'll check these out whenever I can, the worst fucking thing about studying literature is that you never actually have time to read.

Try also Guillermo Fandanelli. Especially the novel "Lodo".

Try also Guillermo Fadanelli. Especially the novel "Lodo".

And Eduardo Antonio Parra. He writes short stories and novellas, Tierra de nadie and Nadie los vio salir being his two most accomplished. Highly recommended for his economic and morose tone and language.

mario bellatin is the literal savior of latin american lit tho

Is there much mexican lit that has been translated to english?

Does Rulfo count? He is from the 30s-40s but that's still more contemporary than say, Sor Juana.