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There is a valid argument to claim that the true beginning of the Latin boom began with Cervantes and never completely ended. Proponents of this theory claim that since the 16th century, Hispanic writers have contributed important works to all literary movements in history to the present. They point to great transformative writers beyond Cervantes such as Sor Juana, possibly the first feminist, or Bartolomé de las Casas, one of the first writers who wrote in defense of indigenous peoples in the New World.
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