The literature ofLouisiana ,United States , includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative authors includeKate Chopin ,Alcée Fortier ,Ernest Gaines ,Walker Percy ,Anne Rice andJohn Kennedy Toole .[ 1]
Aprinting press began operating inNew Orleans in 1764.[ 2]
The French-language newspapersCourrier de la Louisiane (1807-1860) andL’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans (1827-1923) published "literary material."[ 3]
The francophoneAthénée Louisianais formed in 1876.Lafcadio Hearn 'sLa Cuisine Creole, acookbook , was published in New Orleans in 1885.[ 4]
In the late 19th centuryKate Chopin (1851–1904),Grace King (1852–1932), andAlice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935) wrote aboutLouisiana Creole people .[ 5]
In 1935Robert Penn Warren launchedThe Southern Review , based in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana Literary Award [ edit ] TheLouisiana Library Association has made an annual award to Louisiana Literature since 1949.[ 6]
Louisiana Writer Award [ edit ] The Louisiana Writer Award is given annually by the Louisiana Center for the Book at theState Library of Louisiana "to recognize the extraordinary contributions to the state's literary heritage exemplified by the artist's body of work."[ 7]
^ Ewell 2001 .^ Lawrence C. Wroth (1938),"Diffusion of Printing" ,The Colonial Printer , Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive (Fulltext)^ Federal Writers' Project 1941 .^ "Regional American Cooking: South and Border States" ,Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project , Michigan State University, retrievedMarch 13, 2017 ^ Donna M. Campbell (2006). "Regionalism and Local Color Fiction". In Tom Quirk; Gary Scharnhorst (eds.).American History Through Literature 1870-1920 . Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons.ISBN 9780684314938 . ^ "Dawson, Alma, "Awards," pp. 70-73 in Dawson, Alma, Florence M Jumonville, and Louisiana Library Association. 2003.A History of the Louisiana Library Association, 1925-2000. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Library Association. ^ Louisiana Writer Award. State Library of Louisiana.published in 19th-20th c. [ edit ] L'Album littéraire: journal des jeunes gens, amateurs de littérature [Literary Album ] (in French), New Orleans,OCLC 288024259 1843-Charles Testut [in French] (1850).Portraits litteraires de la Nouvelle-Orleans (in French).Thomas M'Caleb, ed. (1894),The Louisiana Book: Selections from the Literature of the State , New Orleans: R.F. Straughan,OCLC 759282 May W. Mount (1896).Some Notables of New Orleans; Biographical and Descriptive Sketches of the Artists of New Orleans, and their Work . Alexander Nicolas De Menil (1904).Literature of the Louisiana Territory . Alcée Fortier (1904)."English literature of Louisiana" .History of Louisiana . Goupil & Co. pp. 261– 263. (+ French literature, p.259+)"Louisiana's Contribution to the Literature of the United States" .The South in the Building of the Nation . Vol. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 314– 326.hdl :2027/yale.39002004114386 .Lucian Lamar Knight, ed. (1913)."Fifty Reading Courses: Louisiana" .Library of Southern Literature . Vol. 16. Atlanta: Martin and Hoyt Company. p. 195.hdl :2027/uc1.31175034925258 – via HathiTrust. Elsie Dershem (1921)."Louisiana" .Outline of American State Literature . Lawrence, Kansas: World Company – via Internet Archive. Ruby Van Allen Caulfield (1929).French Literature of Louisiana . New York: Columbia University.OCLC 4174484 . Edward Larocque Tinker (1933).Les écrits de langue française en Louisiane au XIXe siècle (in French).reprint 1975 Federal Writers' Project (1941)."Literature" .Louisiana: a Guide to the State .American Guide Series . NY: Hastings House. pp. 178– 189.hdl :2027/uc1.$b727648 .ISBN 9780403021697 .{{cite book }}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help ) G. Thomas Tanselle (1971).Guide to the Study of United States Imprints . Harvard University Press.ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6 . (Includes information about Louisiana literature)Mignon Morse (1988).Northwest Louisiana Authors . Dorothy H. Brown (1992).Louisiana Women Writers . published in 21st c. [ edit ]