Latino literatures divides into three categories: native literature, the literature of exile, and immigration, and literature.How do we define the...

I don't believe there are absolutes with these definitions
because many authors fall into more than one category, but I will try to simplify it for
you. Native Latino literature usually refers to literature written by Latinos that are
living in their native countries. They write in their native language and the works are
translated into other languages. Examples of native writers would be Gabriel García
Márquez, Federico García Lorca, Octavio Paz, etc. Márquez, however, could be considered
a cross-over because he tried to seek asylum in the U.S. but because of his ties with
Castro, was denied. He lived abroad for awhile, but returned to
Cuba.

The literature of exile, or sometimes called
diasporic literature, is written by Hispanic authors that are in exile from their
countries -- many Chilean writers, for example, such as Isabel Allende, who lives and
writes in California. Ricardo Eliezer Neftalí Reyes y Basoalto (aka Pablo Neruda) also
was a Chilean writer that was forced to leave Chile and wrote from exile for many years
(from Argentina). He eventually returned to Chile. José Julián Martí is a Cuban writer
in exile whose themes include the concepts of freedom, liberty, and democracy. Many
Latino writers in exile also write about these themes, but not
all.

There are many so-called Latino writers - those that
write about Latino themes - that live in other countries. The U.S. has many. Sandra
Cisneros and Julia Alvarez are Latina writers that write about the lives of immigrants
and the struggles they have blending into American culture. Cisneros is an American, but
she and her family migrated back and forth to Mexico when she was young. Alvarez,
however, is a Dominican writer who was born and lived in the Dominican Republic as a
child, but was forced to leave because of her father's political views, so she was a
young exile, but still writes about Latino themes even though she lives in the U.S. José
Antonio Villarreal is a Latino writer, but he also is American. He writes about themes
of immigration and assimilation, however. Rudolfo Alfonso Anaya is also an American who
is considered a Latino writer. You can see how these categories are
interconnected.