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Argentina

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Roberto Arlt Roberto Arlt (April 26, 1900 – July 26, 1942) was an Argentine novelist, storyteller, playwright, journalist and inventor. Biography He was born Roberto Godofredo Christophersen Arlt in Buenos Aires on April 26, 1900. His parents were bot ...
(1900–1942) *
Adolfo Bioy Casares Adolfo Bioy Casares (; 15 September 1914 – 8 March 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges. He is the author of the Fan ...
(1914–1999) *
Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known b ...
(1899–1986) * Sergio Chejfec (born 1956) *
Julio Cortázar Julio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; ) was an Argentine, nationalized French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an ...
(1914–1984) *
Esteban Echeverría José Esteban Antonio Echeverría (2 September 1805 – 19 January 1851) was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and liberal activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature, not only throu ...
(1805–1851) * Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892) *
José Hernández José Hernández may refer to: Arts and entertainment * José Hernández (writer) (1834–1886), Argentine writer * Pepe Hern (José Hernández Bethencourth, 1927–2009), American actor * José Hernández, American singer (born 1940), better known ...
(1834–1886) * Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947) * Leopoldo Lugones (1874–1938) * Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984) *
Ricardo Piglia Ricardo Piglia (November 24, 1941 in Adrogué, Argentina – January 6, 2017 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine author, critic, and scholar best known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public. Biography Born in Adrogué, Piglia ...
(1941–2017) *
Manuel Puig Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are ''La traición de Rita Hayworth'' ('' Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', 1968), ''Boquitas pint ...
(1932–1990) *
Ernesto Sabato Ernesto Sabato (June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary w ...
(1911–2011) *
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (; born Domingo Faustino Fidel Valentín Sarmiento y Albarracín; 15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the second President of Argentina. His writing sp ...
(1811–1888) * Ana Maria Shua (born 1951) *
Alfonsina Storni Alfonsina Storni (22 May 1892 – 25 October 1938) was an Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period. Early life Storni was born on May 29, 1892 in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland. Her parents were Alfonso Storni and Paola Martignoni, w ...
(1892–1938) * Patricio Sturlese (born 1973) *
Héctor Tizón Héctor Tizón (October 21, 1929 – July 30, 2012) was an Argentinian writer, journalist, lawyer, judge, and diplomat. He lived and worked from the ancestral home of his parents in Yala, a small rural town some north of San Salvador de Juju ...
(1929–2012) *
Luisa Valenzuela Luisa Valenzuela Levinson (born 26 November 1938) is a post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She may be bes ...
(born 1938)


Bolivia

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Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (13 March 1931 – 17 July 1980) was a noted writer, dramatist, journalist, social commentator, university professor, and socialist political leader from Bolivia. In 1964 Marcelo won the '' PEN/Faulkner Award for Ficti ...
(1931–1980)


Chile

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Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as ''The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...
(born 1942) * Eduardo Anguita (1914–1992) *
Roberto Bolaño Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (; 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel ''Los detectives salvajes'' ('' The Savage Detectives ...
(1953–2003) * José Baroja (born 1983) * María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980) * José Donoso (1924–1996) *
Ariel Dorfman Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean- American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin Americ ...
(born 1942) * Jorge Edwards (born 1931) * Diamela Eltit (born 1949) * Alberto Fuguet (born 1964) *
Gustavo Gac-Artigas Gustavo Gac-Artigas is a Chilean American writer, playwright, actor, theater director and editor. Born in Santiago, Chile, he has lived in New Jersey since 1995. He is a correspondent member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language ...
(born 1944) *
Olga Grau Olga Ida Magdalena Grau Duhart (born September 21, 1945) is a contemporary Chilean writer, full professor, and philosopher, a specialist in gender, sexuality, philosophy, education, and literature. Early life and education Olga Ida Magdalena Gr ...
(born 1945) *
Vicente Huidobro Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández (; January 10, 1893 – January 2, 1948) was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He promoted the avant-garde literary movement in Chile and was the creator and greatest exponent of the literary m ...
(1893–1948) *
Enrique Lihn Enrique Lihn Carrasco (3 September 1929 – 10 July 1988) was a Chilean poet, playwright, and novelist. The son of Enrique Lihn Doll and María Carrasco Délano, he married Ivette Mingram (1932–2008). They had one daughter, the actress Andre ...
(1929–1988) *
Sergio Missana Sergio Missana (1966) is a Chilean novelist, journalist, scholar, editor, scriptwriter and environmental advocate. He is a professor of Latin American literature at the Stanford University Overseas Studies Program in Santiago, Chile, and Execut ...
(born 1968) *
Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. In 1945 she became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Li ...
(1889–1957) *
Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...
(1904–1973) * Gonzalo Rojas (1916–2011) * Manuel Rojas (1896–1973) * Antonio Skármeta (born 1940) *
Luis Sepúlveda Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura (October 4, 1949 – April 16, 2020) was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the ...
(1949–2020) *
Marcela Serrano Marcela Serrano (born 1951) is a Chilean novelist. In 1994, her first novel, ''Para que no me olvides'', won the Literary Prize in Santiago, and her second book, ''Nosotras que nos queremos tanto,'' won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for wome ...
(born 1951)


Colombia

* Andrés Caicedo (1951–1977) *
Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one ...
(1927–2014) * Jorge Isaacs (1837–1895) * Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013) * Rafael Pombo (1833–1912) * José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928) * Fernando Soto Aparicio (1933–2016) * Fernando Vallejo (born 1942) *
Samael Aun Weor Samael Aun Weor ( he, סמאל און ואור; March 6, 1917 – December 24, 1977), born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez, was a spiritual teacher and author of over sixty books of esoteric spirituality. He taught and formed groups under the ...
(1917–1977) * Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958) * Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal (born 1945) *
Gonzalo Arango Arias Gonzalo Arango Arias (Andes, Antioquia, 1931 – Gachancipá, Cundinamarca, 1976) was a Colombian writer, poet, and journalist. In 1958 he led a modern literary and cultural movement known as Nadaísmo (Nothing-''ism''), inspired by surre ...
(1931–1976) *
Porfirio Barba-Jacob Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez (July 29, 1883 – January 14, 1942), better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer. Born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia, to parents Antonio María Osorio and Pastora ...
(1883–1942) * Tomás Carrasquilla (1858–1940) * Germán Castro Caycedo (1940–2021) *
Manuel Mejía Vallejo Manuel Mejía Vallejo (23 April 1923 – 23 July 1998) was a Colombian writer and journalist. The specialist Luís Carlos Molina says that Mejía represents the Andean aspect of the contemporary Colombian narrative, characterized by a world ...
(1923–1998) *
Jairo Aníbal Niño Jairo Aníbal Niño (September 5, 1941 in Moniquirá ( Boyacá) – August 30, 2010 in Bogotá) was a Colombian writer who directed the National Library of Colombia. He started his career as an artist; he tried his hand in painting but turned to ...
(1941–2010) * Laura Restrepo (born 1950) * Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933) * José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928) * Daniel Samper Pizano (born 1945) * José Asunción Silva (1865–1896) * José María Vargas Vila (1860–1933) * Albalucía Angel (born 1939) * Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939) * Fanny Buitrago (born 1943) * Jorge Franco (born 1962)


Costa Rica

* Manuel Argüello Mora (1834–1902) *
Alfonso Chase Alfonso Chase (born 1944) is a contemporary Costa Rican author. Biography Alfonso Chase was born in Cartago, Costa Rica in 1944. He was educated in Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela and the United States, and he began his career in poetry in 1965. ...
(born 1945) * Fabián Dobles (1918–1997) * Quince Duncan (born 1940) *
Carlos Luis Fallas Carlos Luis Fallas Sibaja (January 21, 1909 – May 7, 1966), also known as Calufa (from the initial syllables of his first, middle and last name), was a Costa Rican author and communist political activist. Born in Alajuela to a single mother, Fa ...
(1909–1966) * Carlos Gagini (1865–1925) * Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958) * Manuel González Zeledón ("Magón") (1864–1936) *
Max Jiménez Max Jiménez, one of Costa Rica's important early writers was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1900. His literary works include novels, short stories, essays and poetry, but he is best known for his novel ''El jaúl'' (1937), which tells a series ...
(1900–1947) *
Tatiana Lobo Tatiana Lobo Wiehoff (13 November 1939 – 22 February 2023) was a Chilean-born Costa Rican author. Lobo was born in Puerto Montt, Chile on 13 November 1939. She moved to Costa Rica in 1963 and remained there for the rest of her life. Her publi ...
(born 1939) * Carmen Lyra (1888–1949) *
José Marín Cañas José Marín Cañas (1904-1980) was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1904. His parents were Spanish, and he was educated in both Costa Rica and Spain. He worked in various occupations, most importantly journalism, which included his doing radio ...
(1904–1981) * Carmen Naranjo (1928–2012) * Julieta Pinto (1921–2022) *
Emilia Prieto Tugores Emilia may refer to: People * Emilia (given name), list of people with this name Places * Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia * Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...
(1902–1986) * José León Sánchez (born 1929) *
Rodrigo Soto Rodrigo Alejandro Soto Zuñiga (born 30 October 1980) was a Chilean footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, America ...
(born 1962)


Cuba

* Brígida Agüero y Agüero (1837–1866) *
Reinaldo Arenas Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright known as a vocal critic of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban government. His memoir of the Cuban dissident movement and of being a po ...
(1943–1990) *
Miguel Barnet --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places *Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (disamb ...
(born 1940) *
Guillermo Cabrera Infante Guillermo Cabrera Infante (; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, List of essayists, essayist, Translation, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín, and used Guillermo ...
(1929–2005) *
Alejo Carpentier Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (, ; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French a ...
(1904–1980) *
Daína Chaviano Daína Chaviano () (born 19 February 1957, Havana)Profile
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(born 1957) *
Enrique Cirules Enrique Cirules (1938 – 18 December 2016) was a Cuban writer and essayist. He was born in Nuevitas, Camagüey Province. Biography Among his best known works are ''Conversation with the last American'' (1973), a non-fiction novel The non-fiction ...
(1938–2016) * Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (1847–1938) *
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (March 23, 1814 – February 1, 1873) was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer. Born in Puerto Príncipe, now Camagüey, she lived in Cuba until she was 22. Her family moved to Spain in 1836, where s ...
(1814–1873) *
Nicolás Guillén Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 17 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.
(1902–1989) * José Lezama Lima (1910–1976) *
Dulce María Loynaz Dulce María Loynaz Muñoz (Havana, Cuba; 10 December 1902 – 27 April 1997) was a Cuban poet, and is considered one of the principal figures of Cuban literature. She was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1992. She earned her Doctorate ...
(1902–1997) *
José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liber ...
(1853–1895) * Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955) *
Gonzalo de Quesada Gonzalo may refer to: * Gonzalo (name) * Gonzalo, Dominican Republic, a small town * Isla Gonzalo, a subantarctic island operated by the Chilean Navy * Hurricane Gonzalo, 2014 See also * Gonzalez (disambiguation) * Gonzales (disambiguat ...
(1496/1506 or 1509–1579) * Ernesto Juan Castellanos (born 1963) * Severo Sarduy (1937–1993) *
Zoé Valdés Zoé Valdés (born May 2, 1959 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cubans, Cuban  novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the ''Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona'', but did not graduate. From 1984 to 1988, s ...
(born 1959)


Dominican Republic

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Fabio Fiallo Fabio Fiallo, in full Fabio Federico Fiallo Cabral (February 3, 1866 – August 29, 1942) was a Dominican writer, poet, politician, and diplomat, primarily known for his modernist short stories and verses, as well as being an outspoken anti-imper ...
(1866–1942) *
Pedro Henríquez Ureña Pedro Henríquez Ureña (June 29, 1884 – May 11, 1946) was a Dominican essayist, philosopher, humanist, philologist and literary critic. Biography Early works Pedro Henríquez Ureña was born in Santo Domingo, the third of four siblings. H ...
(1884–1946) * Juan Bosch (1909–2001) *
Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1 September 1906 – 14 July 2002) was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer. He was President of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms for that office from 1960 to 1962 ...
(1909–2002) *
Pedro Mir Pedro Julio Mir Valentín (3 June 1913, San Pedro de Macorís – 11 July 2000, Santo Domingo) was Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent po ...
(1913–2000) * Alfredo Fernández Simó (1915–1991) *
Junot Díaz Junot Díaz (; born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican-American writer, creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and was fiction editor at ''Boston Review''. He also serves on the board of advisers for Freedo ...
(born 1970)


Ecuador

* Abdón Ubidia, (born 1944), novelist * Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), novelist, poet and diplomat * Agustin Cueva (1937–1992), literary critic and sociologist *
Alejandro Carrión Aguirre Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander ( Czech, Polish), Alexandre (French), Alexandros ( Greek), Alsander ( Irish), Alessandro ( Italian), Aleksandr ...
(1915–1992), poet, novelist and journalist *
Alfonso Rumazo González Alfonso Rumazo González (Latacunga, 1903 – Caracas, 2002) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian, essayist and literary critic. Biography Alfonso Rumazo González was born in Latacunga, Ecuador in 1903. He lived in Venezuela since 1953, where h ...
(1903–2002), historian, essayist and literary critic *
Alfredo Gangotena Alfredo Gangotena Fernandez Salvador (April 19, 1904 – December 23, 1944) was an Ecuadorian poet who wrote in French and Spanish. Biography Alfredo Gangotena was born in Quito on April 19, 1904. He was the son of Carlos Gangotena Alvarez ...
– poet who wrote in French and Spanish *
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (October 12, 1908 – May 1, 1993) — born Alfredo Pareja y Díez Canseco — was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and diplomat. An innovator of the 20th-century Latin American nove ...
(1908–1993), novelist, essayist, journalist, historian * Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1928), poet, novelist and journalist *
Ángel Felicísimo Rojas Ángel Felicísimo Ojeda Rojas (December 20, 1909 – July 20, 2003) was an Ecuadorian writer. He is best known for his novel ''El éxodo de Yangana'' (1949), which placed him among the most prominent authors of Ecuador. Rojas got into the lite ...
(1909–2003), novelist, and poet * Arturo Borja (1892–1912), poet *
Aurelio Espinosa Pólit Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (Quito, July 11, 1894 – February 21, 1961) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, literary critic, and university professor. He co-founded the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, and he founded the Aurelio Espinosa Polit ...
(1894–1961), poet, translator *
Benjamín Carrión Mora Benjamín Akoto Asamoah (born 4 January 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Cypriot club Doxa as a midfielder. Club career Born in Accra, Benjamín arrived at the youth academy of Atlético Madrid from the Rayo Majadahonda counterpart ...
(1897–1979), writer * Benjamín Urrutia (born 1950), author and scholar *
Carlos Altamirano Sánchez Carlos Altamirano Sánchez (born November 15, 1926) is a poet from Guayaquil, Ecuador. Biography Carlos Altamirano Sánchez was born in Guayaquil on November 15, 1926. His father was Santiago Altamirano Freile, from Tungurahua, and his mother was ...
– poet and journalist *
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (born 1932 in Loja) is an Ecuadorian poet. He was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize in Literature "Premio Eugenio Espejo The ''Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo'' ("Eugenio Espejo National Award") is the natio ...
– poet *
Carmen Acevedo Vega Carmen Acevedo Vega (July 16, 1913 – April 28, 2006) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, and journalist. Biography Carmen Acevedo Vega was born in Guayaquil on July 16, 1913. Her father was José L. Acevedo Quiroz, a writer and poet from Quito ...
– poet and writer *
Dolores Veintimilla Dolores Veintimilla de Galindo (1829 in Quito – May 23, 1857 in Cuenca) was an Ecuadorian poet. Her most well-known poem is "Quejas" (Complaints). Veintemilla left few works, which were published posthumously in a collection by Celiano Mong ...
(1829–1857), poet *
Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses ( Ibarra, November 2, 1920 – February 14, 2004) was an Ecuadorian writer and university professor. He was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize in Culture "Premio Eugenio Espejo" in 1988 by the President of Ecuador. H ...
(1920–2004), writer and university professor *
Eduardo Varas Eduardo Varas (Guayaquil, 1979) is an Ecuadorian novelist, musician and journalist, currently living in Quito. He studied Social Communication at the Catholic University of Santiago of Guayaquil and was a member of Miguel Donoso Pareja Miguel ...
– novelist and journalist *
Efraín Jara Idrovo Efraín Jara Idrovo ( Cuenca, 26 February 1926 – Cuenca, 8 April 2018) was an Ecuadorian writer and poet. Efraín Jara Idrovo was born into a wealthy family. His father, Salvador Jara Bermeo, was a merchant who exported straw hats and his mothe ...
– poet and writer * Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973), novelist, journalist, poet * Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño – poet *
Eugenio Espejo Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo ( Royal Audiencia of Quito, February 21, 1747 – December 28, 1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and write ...
(1747–1795), writer and lawyer * Euler Granda (1935–2018), poet, novelist *
Fanny Carrión de Fierro Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936) is an Ecuadorian poet, literary critic, essayist and university professor. Life and career She received a Doctorate in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (Quito, 1981), as well as ...
– poet, essayist and professor *
Filoteo Samaniego Filoteo Samaniego Salazar (July 11, 1928 - February 21, 2013) was an Ecuadorian novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat. He became a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language in 1984, and was its secretary from 1996–2006. He wa ...
– novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat *
Francisco Tobar Garcia Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...
– poet, novelist, and playwright * Gabriel Cevallos García – writer and historian *
Galo René Pérez Galo René Pérez Cruz (Quito, April 3, 1923 - June 18, 2008) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, literary critic, biographer, and college teacher. Galo René Pérez has had a lifetime of working in the literary field. He has held various posts in lite ...
– biographer, poet, and essayist * Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera – poet and writer * Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez – poet, novelist and short story writer * Hugo Mayo (1895–1988), poet * Humberto Fierro – poet *
Isacovici Salomon Salomon Isacovici (1924 – February 1998) was a Jewish Holocaust survivor who became a writer and businessman in Ecuador. Born in Romania, he moved to Ecuador following World War II, and co-authored with Juan Manuel Rodriguez the book ''Man o ...
(1924–1998), writer *
Iván Carvajal Iván Carvajal Aguirre (born 1948 in San Gabriel, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian poet, philosopher and writer. In 1984 he received Ecuador's National Prize for Literature, the "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit" prize, for his work entitled "Parajes". In Febr ...
(born 1948), poet, philosopher, writer * Jaime Galarza Zavala – poet, journalist and politician *
Jenny Estrada Jenny María Estrada Ruiz (Guayaquil, June 21, 1940) is an Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as " ...
– Writer and journalist * Joaquín Gallegos Lara – novelist and short story writer * Jorge Carrera Andrade – poet *
Jorge Icaza Coronel Jorge Icaza Coronel (July 10, 1906 – May 26, 1978), commonly referred to as Jorge Icaza, was a writer from Ecuador, best known for his novel '' Huasipungo'', which brought attention to the exploitation of Ecuador's indigenous people by Ecuadoria ...
(1906–1978), novelist * Jorge Luis Cáceres (born 1982), editor, anthologist * Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020), writer, historian and professor * Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995), historian, biographer, writer and diplomat *
José de la Cuadra José de la Cuadra (September 3, 1903 – February 27, 1941) was an Ecuadorian social realist writer, whose short stories are among the most important in Ecuadorian literature. Biography De la Cuadra was born in Guayaquil on September 3, 1903. ...
– novelist and short story writer *
José Joaquín de Olmedo José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri (20 March 1780 – 19 February 1847) was President of Ecuador from 6 March 1845 to 8 December 1845. A patriot and poet, he was the son of the Spanish Captain Don Miguel de Olmedo y Troyano and the Guayaquilean An ...
– poet *
José Martínez Queirolo José Martínez Queirolo (March 22, 1931 – October 8, 2008) was an Ecuadorian playwright and narrator. He was the 2001 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo The ''Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo'' ("Eugenio Espejo National Award") is the ...
– playwright *
Fray José María Vargas O.P. Fray or Frays or The Fray may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities *Fray, a phenomenon in Terry Pratchett's '' The Carpet People'' *Fray, the main character in the video games: **''Fray in Magical Adventure'' **''Fray CD' ...
(1902–1988), writer and historian *
José Rumazo González José Rumazo González ( Latacunga, August 28, 1904 - 1995) was an Ecuadorian writer, philosopher, and historian. He is the author of the celebrated poem "Parusia", an epic poem that he began writing in 1956 and consists of 5,600 pages in 7 volume ...
– poet * Juan Bautista Aguirre y Carbo (1725–1786), poet *
Juan Larrea Holguín ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, ...
(1927–2006), writer and lawyer * Juan León Mera (1832–1894), essayist, novelist, politician * Juan Manuel Rodríguez (born 1945), professor and author * Juan Montalvo (1832–1889), author and essayist * Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944), poet * Karina Galvez (born 1964), poet *
Luis Alberto Costales Luis Alberto Costales Cazar (Riobamba, December 24, 1926 – Riobamba, February 1, 2006) was an Ecuadorian poet, philosopher, teacher, speaker, historian, farmer and politician. He was a poet and writer who also extensively studied the history of ...
– poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician * Luis Enrique Fierro (born 1936), poet and medical doctor * Medardo Ángel Silva – poet *
Miguel Donoso Pareja Miguel Donoso Pareja (July 13, 1931 – March 16, 2015) was an Ecuadorian writer and 2006 Premio Eugenio Espejo Award-winner (Ecuador's National Prize in literature, given by the President of Ecuador). Biography Donoso Pareja's father was Miguel ...
– poet, novelist, and short-story writer *
Nela Martínez Nela Martínez Espinosa (November 24, 1912 – July 30, 2004) was an Ecuadorian communist, political militant, activist, and writer. For four days in 1944 she was the leader of Ecuador. Biography Nela Martinez was born in Cañar, Ecuador and ...
(1912–2004), activist, and writer * Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002), poet *
Nicolás Kingman Riofrío Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (November 18, 1918, Loja – March 19, 2018, Quito) was an Ecuadorian journalist, writer and politician. Biography His father, Edward Kingman, moved from Newton, Connecticut, in the United States to coastal Cantón P ...
– journalist, writer and politician * Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907), poet, journalist, educator, diplomat, and philosopher * Octavio Cordero Palacios – playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor *
Pedro Jorge Vera Pedro Jorge Vera (1914 in Guayaquil – 1999) was an Ecuadorian writer and Communist Party of Ecuador politician. He contributed to several newspapers and magazines of controversial character " La Calle", with the writer Alejandro Carrión, a ...
(1914–1999), writer and politician *
Rafael Díaz Ycaza Rafael Díaz Ycaza (October 24, 1925 - August 28, 2013) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, short story writer, and columnist for the Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo.Raquel Verdesoto Raquel Verdesoto Salgado de Romo Dávila (November 16, 1910 in Ambato – May 27, 1999 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, teacher, feminist, and activist. Biography Her parents were Francisco Verdesoto Murillo and Lucila Salgado Hida ...
– poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist * Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983), journalist and playwright *
Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born November 2, 1939, in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, historian, and biographer. He was declared the ''lifetime chronicler of the city of Guayaquil'', and is a member of the National Academy of Ecuadorian History. ...
(born 1939), biographer *
Sonia Manzano Vela Sonia Manzano Vela (born Guayaquil, 27 February 1947) is an Ecuadorian writer and poet. Literary career She started her literary career when some of her poems appeared in the anthology ''Generación Huracanada'' (1970), which was also the name ...
(born 1947), writer and pianist *
Ulises Estrella Ulises Estrella Moya (July 4, 1939 – December 27, 2014) was an Ecuadorian poet. He was the co-founder of Tzantzismo, a movement of the 1960s, Ecuador. He was also a film expert, who headed the film department of the House of Ecuadorian Culture ...
(1939–2014), poet, film expert *
Víctor Manuel Rendón Víctor Manuel Rendón Pérez ( Guayaquil, December 5, 1859 – Guayaquil, October 9, 1940) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, novelist, playwright, biographer, translator, doctor, diplomat, pianist and composer. Biography Rendón's father Manu ...
(1859–1940), poet, novelist, playwright, biographer, translator


Ecuatorial Guinea

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María Nsué Angüe María Nsué Angüe (1945 – 18 January 2017) was a noted Equatoguinean writer and Minister of Education and Culture. Background and early life María was born in Ebebeyín, Río Muni. Her family immigrated to Spain when she was a child where ...
(1945–2017 ) *
Juan Balboa Boneke Juan Balboa Boneke (9 June 1938 – 10 March 2014) was an Equatorial Guinean politician and writer. He was born in Rebola, Equatorial Guinea, Rebola, Spanish Guinea and studied at the Escuela Superior de Santa Isabel and at La Escuela social d ...
(1938–2014) * Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 1966) * Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950) * Raquel Ilombé (¿1938?–1992) * Justo Bolekia Boleká *
Leoncio Evita Enoy Leoncio Evita Enoy (8 August 1929 – December 1996) was an Equatorial Guinean intellectual, painter and writer. Life Evita attended several schools in San Carlos and learned drawing by correspondence. He worked as a teacher in Bata's ''Escu ...
(1929–1996)


El Salvador

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Claribel Alegría Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central A ...
(1924–2018) * Arturo Ambrogi (1874–1936) *
Manlio Argueta Manlio Argueta (born 24 November 1935) is a Salvadoran writer, critic, and novelist. Although he is primarily a poet, he is best known in the English speaking world for his novel ''One Day of Life''.
(born 1935) *
Mario Bencastro Mario Bencastro (born 1949) is a Salvadoran novelist and painter who has also written both plays and short stories that have been published in Spanish and English. Mario Bencastro was born in Ahuachapán, El Salvador. For over 20 years he reside ...
(born 1949) *
Horacio Castellanos Moya Horacio Castellanos Moya (born 1957) is a Salvadoran novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Life and work Castellanos Moya was born in 1957 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to a Honduran mother and a Salvadoran father. His family moved to El Salva ...
(born 1957) * Carlos Castro (born 1944) * José Roberto Cea *
Roque Dalton Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard, smooth surface. Popular in the first quarter of the 20th century and billed "the Game of the Century" by its enthusiasts, it was an Olympic sport in the 1904 Summer Games, replacing cr ...
(1935–1975) *
Jacinta Escudos Jacinta Escudos, born in San Salvador, is a writer whose body of work includes novels, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and journalistic chronicles that have been published in such Central American daily outlets as ''La Nación'' (Costa ...
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Alfredo Espino Alfredo Espino (1900—August 1928) was a poet from El Salvador. Born in Ahuachapán, his only book is ''Jícaras Tristes'' (Sad Vessels), a collection of 96 poems. It is one of the most published books of poetry in El Salvador. Espino died i ...
(1900–1928) * Francisco Gavidia (1863–1955) *
Pedro Geoffroy Rivas Pedro Geoffroy Rivas (16 September 1908 - 10 November 1979) was an anthropologist, poet, and linguist. His poetic work marked a landmark in Salvadoran poetic development. A rebellious, individualistic poet, Rivas incorporated in his poetry th ...
(1908–1979) *
Claudia Hernández González Claudia Hernández González is a Salvadoran short story writer. She was born in El Salvador in 1975. She was awarded the Anna Seghers-Preis, Anna Seghers Prize in 2004. She is widely regarded as among the pre-eminent living Salvadoran writers. M ...
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David J. Guzmán David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
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Claudia Lars Claudia Lars, born in Armenia, El Salvador on December 20, 1899 as Margarita del Carmen Brannon Vega, was a Salvadoran poet. She died in San Salvador in 1974. She was the daughter of Peter Patrick Brannon and Carmen Vega Zelayandía.Plumlee, A ...
(1899–1974) *
Francisco Machón Vilanova Francisco Machón Vilanova was a Salvadoran novelist, best known for his work ''Ola roja,'' which concerns the role of the indigenous populations of El Salvador that were massacred in the Matanza of 1932. The novel is distinct from other works t ...
* Alberto Masferrer * Salarrué (1899–1975)


Guatemala

* Arturo Arias *
Miguel Ángel Asturias Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (; October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Asturias helped establish Latin American literature's contribution to mainstream ...
(1899–1974) *
Flavio Herrera Flavio Herrera (nicknamed ''El Tigre'') (February 18, 1895 – January 31, 1968) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. His works are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala. Biography Born in Guatemala City ...
(1895–1968) * Mario Monteforte Toledo (1911–2003) *
Augusto Monterroso Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (December 21, 1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, known for the ironical and humorous style of his short stories. He is considered an important figure in the Latin Americ ...
(1921–2003) * Máximo Soto Hall (1871–1944)


Honduras

* Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966) *
Roberto Sosa Roberto Sosa may refer to: * Roberto Sosa (poet) (1930–2011), Honduran author and poet * Roberto Sosa (Argentine footballer) (born 1975), Argentine footballer * Roberto Sosa (Uruguayan footballer) (born 1935) * Roberto Sosa (actor) See also *Sosa ...
(1930–2011) * Eduardo Bähr (born 1940)


Mexico

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Mariano Azuela Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 – March 1, 1952) was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism. He is the f ...
(1873–1952) * Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974) *
Salvador Díaz Mirón Salvador Díaz Mirón (December 14, 1853 – June 12, 1928) was a Mexican poet. He was born in the port city of Veracruz. His early verse, written in a passionate, romantic style, was influenced by Lord Byron and Victor Hugo Victor- ...
(1853–1928) *
Juana Inés de la Cruz ''Doña'' Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1648 – 17 April 1695) was a Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, and Hieronymite nun. Her cont ...
(1648/1651–1695) *
Ricardo Elizondo Elizondo Ricardo Elizondo Elizondo (January 26, 1950, Monterrey – August 24, 2013, Monterrey) was a writer, playwright, historian and archivist, whose work concentrated on preserving and promoting the culture of northeastern Mexico. Several of his books ...
(1950–2013) *
Laura Esquivel Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés (born September 30, 1950) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician, serving in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress in the Chamber of Deputies for the Morena Party from 2015 to 2018. Her first n ...
(born 1950) *
Carlos Fuentes Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are '' The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), ''Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), '' The Old Gringo'' (1985) and '' Christop ...
(1928–2012) *
Elena Garro Elena Garro (December 11, 1916 – August 22, 1998) was a Mexican screenwriter, journalist, dramaturg, short story writer, and novelist. She has been described as the initiator of the Magical Realism movement, though she rejected this affiliation. ...
(1894–1971) * Eve Gil (born 1968) * Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859–1895) *
Jorge Ibargüengoitia Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón (January 22, 1928 – November 27, 1983) was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular and critical success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: ''The Dead Girls'', ''Tw ...
(1928–1983) * Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986) *
Germán List Arzubide Germán List Arzubide (31 May 1898 – 17 October or 19 October 1998) was a Mexican poet and revolutionary. Born in Puebla, he was an active participant in the Revolution, fighting alongside Emiliano Zapata as well as extolling him and other re ...
(1898–1998) *
Ramón López Velarde Ramón López Velarde (June 15, 1888 – June 19, 1921) was a Mexican poet. His work was a reaction against French-influenced modernismo which, as an expression of a purely Mexican subject matter and emotional experience, is unique. He achieved ...
(1888–1921) * Manuel Maples Arce (1898–1981) *
Ángeles Mastretta Ángeles Mastretta (born October 9, 1949, in Puebla) is a post-boom Mexican author, journalist, actress, and film producer. She is well known for creating inspirational female characters and fictional pieces that reflect the social and political ...
(born 1949) * Amado Nervo (1870–1919) *
Salvador Novo Salvador Novo López (30 July 1904 – 13 January 1974) was a Mexican writer, poet, playwright, translator, television presenter, entrepreneur, and the official chronicler of Mexico City. As a noted intellectual, he influenced popular percept ...
(1904–1974) *
Fernando del Paso Fernando del Paso Morante (April 1, 1935 – November 14, 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet. Biography Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He ...
(1935–2018) *
Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, a ...
(1914–1998) *
Carlos Pellicer Carlos Pellicer Cámara (10 January 1897 – 16 February 1977) was part of the first wave of modernist Mexican poets and was active in the promotion of Mexican art, pictures, and literature. An enthusiastic traveler, his work is filled with ...
(1897–1977) *
Sergio Pitol Sergio Pitol Deméneghi (18 March 1933 – 12 April 2018) was a Mexican writer, translator and diplomat. In 2005, he received the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world. Early life Born in Puebla, ...
(1933–2018) *
Elena Poniatowska Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska () is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on th ...
(born 1932) *
Ricardo Raphael Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portu ...
(born 1968) *
Alfonso Reyes Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of t ...
(1889–1959) *
Juan Rulfo Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo ( ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel '' Pedro Páramo'', and t ...
(1917–1986) *
Alberto Ruy-Sánchez Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Al ...
(born 1951) *
Jaime Sabines Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his w ...
(1926–1999) *
Carlos Tello Díaz Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...
(born 1962) * Arqueles Vela (1899–1977) *
Xavier Villaurrutia Xavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas called ''Autos profanos'', compiled in the work ''Poesía y teatro co ...
(1903–1950) *
Gabriel Zaid Gabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual. Early life He was born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, on January 24, 1934, son of Palestinian immigrants, is a Mexican thinker (poet, essayist, economist, businessman, engineer, an ...
(born 1934)


Nicaragua

* Gioconda Belli (born 1948) * Omar Cabezas (born 1950) *
Ernesto Cardenal Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for ...
(1925–2020) * Alfonso Cortés (1893–1969) *
Pablo Antonio Cuadra Pablo Antonio Cuadra (November 4, 1912 – January 2, 2002) was a Nicaraguan essayist, art and literary critic, playwright, graphic artist and one of the most famous poets of Nicaragua. Early life and career Cuadra was born on November 4, 191 ...
(1912–2002) *
Rubén Darío Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío ( , ), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as '' modernismo'' (modernism) that flourished at the end of ...
(1867–1916) * Salomón de la Selva (1893–1959) * José Coronel Urtecho (1906–1994) *
Sergio Ramírez Sergio Ramírez Mercado (; born 5 August 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of ...
(born 1942)


Panama

* Rosa María Britton (1936–2019) * Gloria Guardia (1940–2019) *
Darío Herrera Darío Herrera (1870-1914) was a Panamanian Modernismo poet and diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the Eur ...
(1870–1914) *
Ricardo Miró Ricardo Miró Denis (November 5, 1883 in Panama City, Panama – March 2, 1940), was a Panamanian writer and is considered to be the most noteworthy poet of this country. He traveled to Bogotá at the age of fifteen to study painting, but was forc ...
(1883–1940) *
María Olimpia de Obaldía María Olimpia de Obaldía (9 September 1891 – 14 August 1985), was a Panamanian poet. Biography The daughter of Manuel del Rosario Miranda and Felipa Rovira, she was born in Dolega, Chiriquí. She studied at the Escuela Normal de Institutora ...
(1891–1985) * Elsie Alvarado de Ricord (1928–2005) * José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)


Paraguay

* Alcibiades González Delvalle (born 1936) * Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005)


Peru

* Ciro Alegría * José María Arguedas (1911–1969) * César Atahualpa Rodríguez (1889–1972) * Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born 1939) *
Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born i ...
(1921–2007) *
María Emma Mannarelli María Emma Mannarelli Cavagnari (born October 11, 1954) is a Peruvian feminist writer, historian, and professor. She is the founder and coordinator of the Gender Studies Program at the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM), where she also se ...
(born 1954) *
Clorinda Matto de Turner Clorinda Matto de Turner (11 November 1852 in Cusco – 25 October 1909) was a Peruvian writer who lived during the early years of Latin American independence. Her own independence inspired women throughout the region as her writings sparke ...
(1853–1909) * Isabel Sabogal (born 1958) *
César Vallejo César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators ...
(1892–1938) *
Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...
(born 1936) *
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (12 April 1539 – 23 April 1616), born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and known as El Inca, was a chronicler and writer born in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Sailing to Spain at 21, he was educated informally there, where he l ...
(1539–1616) **See the complete list at
List of Peruvian writers This is a list of Peruvian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars. * Martín Adán (1908–1985), poet * Ciro Alegría (1909–1967), indigenist novelist * Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-A ...
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Philippines

* Jesús Balmori (1887–1948) *
Edmundo Farolán Edmundo Farolán (d. Jan. 29, 2023) is a Filipino-Canadian author. He won literary awards as a young writer-scholar while studying philosophy and letters in Madrid in the 1960s. He taught English, Spanish, and Media in various universities, includi ...
* Adelina Gurrea Monasterio (1896–1971) * Graciano López Jaena (1856–1896) *
Apolinario Mabini Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (, July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then as the first P ...
(1864–1903) *
José Palma José Palma y Velásquez (: June 3, 1876 February 12, 1903) was a Filipino poet and soldier. He was on the staff of ''La independencia'' at the time he wrote "Filipinas", a patriotic poem in Spanish. It was published for the first time in the ...
(1876–1903) *
Marcelo H. del Pilar Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán (; ; August 30, 1850July 4, 1896), commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his pen name Pláridel,.''Filipinos in History: Volume II'', National Historical Institute, 1990, p. 101 was a ...
(1850–1896) * Guillermo Gómez Rivera (born 1936) * Claro M. Recto (1890–1960) *
José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national h ...
(1861–1896) * Antonio Abad (1894–1970)


Puerto Rico

* Julia de Burgos, poet *
Giannina Braschi Giannina Braschi (born February 5, 1953) is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, dramatist, and scholar. Her notable works include '' Empire of Dreams'' (1988), '' Yo-Yo Boing!'' (1998) ''and United States of Banana'' (2011). Braschi writes cross-g ...
, author of "El imperio de los suenos," and "Yo-Yo Boing!" * Rosario Ferré, author of "Sweet Diamond Dust" *
René Marqués René Marqués (October 4, 1919 – March 22, 1979) was a Puerto Rican short story writer and playwright. Early years Marqués was born, raised and educated in the city of Arecibo. He developed an interest in writing at a young age and was p ...
, author of "La Carretera" * Luis Rafael Sánchez, author of "Macho Camacho's Beat"


Spain

* Joan Baptista Aguilar (died 1714) *
Rafael Alberti Rafael Alberti Merello (16 December 1902 – 28 October 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. He is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the so-called ''Silver Age'' of Spanish Literature, and he won nume ...
(1902–1999) *
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (10 March 183319 July 1891) was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel '' El sombrero de tres picos'' (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village ...
(1833–1891) * Clarín (1852–1901) *
Ignacio Aldecoa José Ignacio Aldecoa e Isasi (24 July 1925 – 15 November 1969) was a Spanish writer. He was the nephew of the painter . Biography José Ignacio de Aldecoa e Isasi was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz on 24 July 1925, the first child of Simón de Ald ...
(1925–1969) * Josefina Aldecoa (1926–2011) *
Vicente Aleixandre Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (; 26 April 1898 – 14 December 1984) was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977 "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man ...
(1898–1984) * Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) *
Dámaso Alonso Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards. Early life and ...
(1898–1990) *
Núria Añó Núria Añó (, ; born 1973) is a Catalan writer and a translator. Añó has exhibited her work in universities and institutions giving papers on literary creation or authors like Elfriede Jelinek, Patricia Highsmith, Salka Viertel, Fra ...
(born 1973) *
Joaquín Arderíus Joaquín Arderíus y Sánchez Fortún (May 1885, Lorca, in Murcia—January 20, 1969, Mexico City) was a Spanish experimental and political novelist. Arderíus studied in Madrid before taking engineering courses at the University of Liège. He ...
(1885–1969) *
Teresa of Ávila Teresa of Ávila, OCD (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada; 28 March 15154 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Active during the ...
(1515–1582) *
Arturo Barea Arturo Barea Ogazón (20 September 1897 – 24 December 1957) was a Spanish journalist, broadcaster and writer. After the Spanish Civil War, Barea left with his wife Ilsa Barea to live in exile in England where he died. Biography Barea was b ...
(1897–1957) * Pío Baroja (1872–1956) * Carlos Be (born 1974) * Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870) *
Gonzalo de Berceo Gonzalo de Berceo (ca. 1197 – before 1264) was a Castilian Spanish poet born in the Riojan village of Berceo, close to the major Benedictine monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects, writt ...
(c. 1190 – c. 1264) * José María Blanco-White (1775–1841) *
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (, 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician and bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were ...
(1867–1928) * Juan Boscán (1490–1542) *
José Cadalso José de Cadalso y Vázquez (Cádiz, 1741 – Gibraltar, 1782), Spanish, Colonel of the Royal Spanish Army, author, poet, playwright and essayist, one of the canonical producers of Spanish Enlightenment literature. Before completing his twenti ...
(1741–1782) *
Pedro Calderón de la Barca Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (, ; ; 17 January 160025 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago. He is known as one of the most distinguished Baroque ...
(1600–1681) * Gabriela Bustelo (born 1962) * Francisco Fernández Carvajal (born 1938) * Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885) *
Camilo José Cela Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literat ...
(1916–2002) *
Luis Cernuda Luis Cernuda Bidón (September 21, 1902 – November 5, 1963) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. During the Spanish Civil War, in early 1938, he went to the UK to deliver some lectures and this became the start of an exile t ...
(1902–1963) *
Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best know ...
(1547–1616) *
Gutierre de Cetina Gutierre de Cetina (1519–1554) was a Spanish poet and soldier. Biography Cetina was born at Seville. He was the brother of Beltrán and Gregorio de Cetina, lesser known conquistadors. He served under Charles V in Italy and Germany, but retired f ...
(1520–1557) *
Álvaro Cunqueiro Álvaro Cunqueiro Mora ( Mondoñedo, December 22, 1911 – Vigo, February 28, 1981) was a Galician novelist, poet, playwright, and journalist. He is the author of many works in both Galician and Spanish, including ''Merlín e familia'' (" ...
(1911–1981) *
San Juan de la Cruz John of the Cross, OCD ( es, link=no, Juan de la Cruz; la, Ioannes a Cruce; born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figu ...
(1542–1591) *
Miguel Delibes Miguel Delibes Setién MML (; 17 October 1920 – 12 March 2010) was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, wh ...
(1920–2010) *
Agustín Díaz Pacheco Agustín Díaz Pacheco (born 1952, in Tenerife) is a Spanish writer. He has received many prizes for his stories and novels. His publications include ''Los nenúfares de piedra'', stories, (Ángel Acosta First Prize for Narrative, 1981); ''La ...
(born 1953) *
Gerardo Diego Gerardo Diego Cendoya (October 3, 1896 – July 8, 1987) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. Diego taught language and literature at institutes of learning in Soria, Gijón, Santander and Madrid. He also acted as literar ...
(1896–1987) *
Juan del Encina Juan del Encina (July 12, 1468 – 1529 or 1530) was a composer, poet, and playwright, often called the founder, along with Gil Vicente, of Spanish drama. His birth name was Juan de Fermoselle. He spelled his name Enzina, but this is not a signif ...
(1469–1533) *
Vicente Espinel Vicente Gómez Martínez-Espinel (; 28 December 15504 February 1624) was a Spanish writer and musician of the Siglo de Oro. He is credited the creation of the modern poetic form of the ''décima'', composed of ten octameters, named '' espinela'' ...
(1550–1624) * José de Espronceda (1808–1842) * Fray Benito Jerónimo Feijoo (1676–1764) * León Felipe (1884–1968) * Gloria Fuertes (1917–1998) * Espido Freire (born 1974) *
Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...
(1898–1936) *
Juan García Rodenas Juan García Rodenas (born 28 December 1976, in Albacete) is a Spanish writer. Since 1996, García Rodenas has published his works in literary fanzines and magazines. He has written essays, articles, and poems, but he’s well known for his genre ...
(born 1976) *
José María Gironella José María Gironella Pous, known in Catalan as Josep Maria Gironella i Pous (31 December 1917 in Darnius – 3 January 2003 in Arenys de Mar) was a Catalonian Spanish author best known for his fictional work ''The Cypresses Believe in God ...
(1917–2003) *
Luis de Góngora Luis de Góngora y Argote (born Luis de Argote y Góngora; ; 11 July 1561 – 24 May 1627) was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic priest. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominen ...
(1561–1627) * José Goytisolo (1928–1999) *
Juan Goytisolo Juan Goytisolo Gay (6 January 1931 – 4 June 2017) was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet ...
(1931–2017) *
Luis Goytisolo Luis Goytisolo Gay (born 17 March 1935) is a Spanish Catalan writer in the Spanish language. He is best known for his tetralogy ''Antagony'', which was published between 1973 and 1981. Goytisolo is a member of the Real Academia Española. Car ...
(born 1935) * Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658) * Fray Antonio de Guevara (1480–1545) *
Jorge Guillén Jorge Guillén Álvarez (; 18 January 18936 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic. In 1957-1958, he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard U ...
(1893–1984) *
Miguel Hernández Miguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910 – 28 March 1942 ) was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he ...
(1910–1942) * José Hierro (1922–2002) * Francisco Javier Illán Vivas (born 1958) *
Tomás de Iriarte Tomás may refer to: * Tomás (given name) * Tomás (surname) Tomás is a Spanish and Portuguese surname, equivalent of '' Thomas''. It may refer to: * Antonio Tomás (born 1985), professional Spanish footballer * Belarmino Tomás Belarmi ...
(1750–1791) *
Juan Ramón Jiménez Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high ...
(1881–1958) * Gaspar de Bracamonte (c. 1595 – 1676) *
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain. Life and influence of ...
(1744–1811) *
Mariano José de Larra Mariano José de Larra y Sánchez de Castro (24 March 1809 – 13 February 1837) was a Spanish romantic writer and journalist best known for his numerous essays and his infamous suicide. His works were often satirical and critical of the 19th-c ...
(1809–1837) * Fray Luis de León (1527 – c. 1591) * Fernando S. Llobera (born 1965) * Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana (1398–1458) *
Mariló López Garrido Mariló López Garrido (born April 5, 1963, in Madrid) is a Spanish journalist, radio presenter, spiritual therapist, music composer, writer and photographer. Through her radio programme, ''La Voz de la Noche'' she focuses on popularization of to ...
(born 1963) *
Antonio Machado Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz (26 July 1875 – 22 February 1939), known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation ...
(1875–1936) * Manuel Machado (1874–1947) *
Jorge Manrique Jorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 24 April 1479) was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the ''Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Verses on the death of Don Rodrigo Manrique, his Father)'', is still read today. He was a supporter of the queen ...
(1440–1479) *
Javier Marías Javier Marías Franco (20 September 1951 – 11 September 2022) was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including ''A Heart So White'' (''Corazón tan blanco,'' 1992'')'' and ''Tomorrow in the Battle T ...
(born 1951) * Julián Marías (1914–2005) *
Juan Marsé Juan Marsé Carbó (8 January 1933 – 18 July 2020) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter who used Spanish as his literary language. In 2008, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, "the Spanish-language equivalent" to the Nobel ...
(1933–2020) * Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000) *
Luis Martín-Santos Luis Martín-Santos Ribera (11 November 1924 – 21 January 1964) was a Spanish psychiatrist and author of '' Time of Silence'', often cited as one of the most important Spanish novels of the twentieth century. Biography Martín-Santos was b ...
(1924–1964) * Azorín (1863–1967) * Ana María Matute (1925–2014) * Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (born 1943) * Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912) * Gabriel Miró (1879–1930) *
Agustín Moreto y Cavana Agustín Moreto y Cavana (April, 1618, Madrid28 October 1669), was a Spanish Catholic priest, dramatist and playwright. Biography Of Italian descent, his exact date of birth is unknown, but he was baptized at Madrid on 9 April 1618. He attended ...
(1618–1661) *
Antonio Muñoz Molina Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 10 January 1956) is a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for litera ...
(born 1956) * Marysa Navarro (born 1934) *
Emilia Pardo Bazán Emilia Pardo Bazán y de la Rúa-Figueroa (16 September 185112 May 1921), countess of Pardo Bazán, was a Spanish novelist, journalist, literary critic, poet, playwright, translator, editor and professor. She is known for introducing naturalis ...
(1851–1921) *
Benito Pérez Galdós Benito Pérez Galdós (May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920) was a Spanish realist novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish no ...
(1843–1920) *
Arturo Pérez-Reverte Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951 in Cartagena) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, ''El húsar'', set in the Napoleonic Wars, was ...
(born 1951) *
Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago (; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, ...
(1580–1680) *
Vicente Risco Vicente Martínez Risco Agüero (October 1, 1884 – April 30, 1963) was a Galician intellectual of the 20th century. He was a founder member of Xeración Nós, and among the most important figures in the history of Galician literature. He is w ...
(1884–1963) *
Fernando de Rojas Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465/73, in La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain – April 1541, in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain) was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, ''La Celestina'' (originally titled ''Tragicom ...
(1465–1541) *
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (4 October 1607 – 23 January 1648) was a Spanish dramatist. The main pieces of Rojas Zorrilla are ''Del rey abajo ninguno'' and ''No hay padre siendo rey'' (both published in the 1640s). Biography Rojas Zorrilla was ...
(1607–1660) * Luis Rosales (1910–1992) *
Juan Ruiz Juan Ruiz (), known as the Archpriest of Hita (''Arcipreste de Hita''), was a medieval Castilian poet. He is best known for his ribald, earthy poem, ''Libro de buen amor'' ('' The Book of Good Love''). Biography Origins He was born in Alca ...
, Archpriest of Hita (c. 1283 – c. 1350) *
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581 - 4 August 1639) was a New Spain-born Spanish writer of the Golden Age who cultivated different variants of dramaturgy. His works include the comedy '' La verdad sospechosa'' ( es), which is considered a masterpie ...
(1581–1639) *
Carlos Ruiz Zafón Carlos Ruiz Zafón (; 25 September 1964 – 19 June 2020) was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel ''La sombra del viento'' ('' The Shadow of the Wind''). Biography Ruiz Zafón was born in Barcelona. His grandparents had worked in a ...
(1964–2020) * Pedro Salinas (1892–1951) * José Luis Sampedro (1917–2013) * Marta Segarra (born 1963) *
Tirso de Molina Gabriel Téllez ( 24 March 1583 20 February 1648), better known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and Roman Catholic monk. He is primarily known for writing ''The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest'', the play from ...
(1571–1648) *
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (13 June 1910 – 27 January 1999) was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement. Life He was born in Serantes, Ferrol, Galicia, and received his first education there, subsequently attending ...
(1910–1999) *
Miguel de Unamuno Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca. His major philosophical essay w ...
(1864–1936) *