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In this convulsive context came a literature that formed the legacy of the writers of the “Compromised Generation." In addition, more literature came that advocated the popular struggles for liberation; these struggles largely defined the chorus of Salvadoran artistic literature that existed from the 1950 to the 1980.

In 1984 the poet Salvador Juárez directed the literary workshop which was a university extension in the Universidad de El Salvador. Some young adults became a part of this literary workshop project. In 1985 the young adults would reinforce their practice of literature in the literary workshop of Xibalbá. Some of its members were: Javier Alas, Otoniel Guevara, Jorge Vargas Méndez, Nimia Romero, David Morales, José Antonio Domínguez, Edgar Alfaro Chaverri, Antonio Casquín; including the poets that died in combat, Amílcar Colocho and Arquímides Cruz. This group would be one of the most solid literary groups of the last five years of 1980. They fought in the popular armed movement at the same time that they carried out an intense work of literary production (some of them won awards in various contests of the time, judged by recognized writers such as Matilde Elena López, Rafael Mendoza and Luis Melgar Brizuela. One example of the contests they entered being the Certamen Reforma 89 which was promoted by the Lutheran Church). This group of writers practiced mainly poetry, which was marked by their participation in the popular organization of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) during the civil war in El Salvador. Some articles or poetic samples can be found in press releases of those years. Their work explored the themes of liberation, love and the future.

Some members of Xibalbá were seriously injured, marched into exile, or died during clashes with security forces. Some of its members remained close to political or military activity; others withdrew from that environment. Reportedly they constitute the last chapter of the (literatura de compromiso) commitment literature, an extension of the "extreme aesthetics" according to Huezo Mixco. Commitment literature? was a way of making literature to give an answer and an option at a critical moment. These "extreme aesthetics" were carved by the anti-Fascist generation and the Compromised Generation.

The group dissolved after 1992. Although the war had taken its toll on the dead and exiles, the legacy of Xibalbá and previous generations have created a great responsibility for other young people and groups of writers who will emerge in the next two decades.