This is a list of Spanish-language authors, organized by country.

Argentina

Roberto Arlt Roberto Arlt (April 2, 1900 – July 26, 1942) was an Argentine novelist, storyteller, playwright, journalist and inventor. Biography Roberto Godofredo Christophersen Arlt was born in Buenos Aires on April 2, 1900. His parents were both immigra ...

(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 Fa ...

(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 regarded as a key figure in Spanish literature, Spanish-language and international literatur ...

(1899–1986) *

Sergio Chejfec Sergio Chejfec (28 November 1956 – 2 April 2022) was an Argentine Jewish writer. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1956. Chejfec published eighteen books, including novels, essays, short stories, and a poetry collection. From 1990 to 2005 he live ...

(born 1956) *

Julio Cortázar Julio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; ) was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenc ...

(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 thro ...

(1805–1851) *

Juana Manuela Gorriti Juana Manuela Gorriti Zuviria (15 June 1818 – 6 November 1892) was an Argentine writer with extensive political and literary links to Bolivia and Peru. She held the position of First Lady of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855. With the publication o ...

(1818–1892) *

José Hernández José Hernández may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Jose Acosta Hernandez (born 1966), Cuban-born American artist * José Hernández (writer) (1834–1886), Argentine writer * Pepe Hern (José Hernández Bethencourth, 1927–2009), American ...

(1834–1886) * Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947) * Alicia Jurado (1922–2011) *

Leopoldo Lugones Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translator, biographer, philologist, theologian, diplomat, politician and journalist. His poetic ...

(1874–1938) * Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984) * Ricardo 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 pin ...

(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 litera ...

(1911–2011) *

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the '' Generation of 1837'', who had a great influence on 19th-century Argent ...

(1811–1888) *

Ana Maria Shua Ana or ANA may refer to: People * Ana (given name), a list of people with the name * Ana people or Atakpame people, an ethnic group of West Africa * ana (gamer), Anathan Pham, an Australian professional ''Dota 2'' player known as ana Places * A ...

(born 1951) *

Alfonsina Storni Alfonsina Storni (29 May 1892 – 25 October 1938) was a Swiss Argentines, Swiss-Argentine poet and playwright of the Modernismo, modernist period. Early life Storni was born on May 29, 1892, in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland. Her parents were Alf ...

(1892–1938) *

Patricio Sturlese Patricio Sturlese (born October 23, 1973, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian writer. Sturlese is a student of theology at the Jesuit Theologate "Máximo" in San Miguel city, Argentina. Patricio lives and writes in Bella Vista. Books * 2007 - ...

(born 1973) *

Héctor Tizón Héctor Tizón (21 October 1929 – 30 July 2012) was an Argentine writer 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 Jujuy. Tizón served as the cultural ...

(1929–2012) * Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938)

Bolivia

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) * Gigia Talarico (born 1953)

Chile

Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as '' The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...

(born 1942) *

Eduardo Anguita Eduardo Anguita Cuéllar (Yerbas Buenas, Linares Province, Linares November 1914 - Santiago de Chile August 12, 1992) was a Chilean poet, who was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1988. Life Eduardo Anguita was raised in Sa ...

(1914–1992) *

Roberto Bolaño Roberto is an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish variation of the male given name Robert. Notable people named Roberto include: * Roberto (footballer, born 1912) * Roberto (footballer, born 1977) * Roberto (footballer, born 1978) * Roberto (footb ...

(1953–2003) *

José Baroja Ramón Mauricio González Gutiérrez (born September 4, 1983), known by his pen name José Baroja, is a Chilean writer, academic and editor. He is a member of the Poets of the World Movement, representative of the Neofantastic and social reali ...

(born 1983) *

María Luisa Bombal María Luisa Bombal Anthes (; Viña del Mar, 8 June 1910 – 6 May 1980) was a Chilean novelist and poet. Her work incorporates erotic, surrealist, and feminist themes. She was a recipient of the Santiago Municipal Literature Award. Biogra ...

(1910–1980) *

José Donoso José Manuel Donoso Yáñez (5 October 1924 – 7 December 1996), known as José Donoso, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the Unite ...

(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 American s ...

(born 1942) *

Jorge Edwards Jorge Edwards Valdés (29 June 1931 – 17 March 2023) was a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat. He was the Chilean ambassador to France during the first Sebastián Piñera presidency. Life and career Edwards attended law school at the ...

(born 1931) *

Diamela Eltit Diamela Eltit (Santiago de Chile, 1947) is a Chilean writer and university professor. She is a recipient of the National Prize for Literature. Life Diamela Eltit graduated from college from Universidad Católica de Chile and pursued graduat ...

(born 1949) * Alberto Fuguet (born 1964) * Gustavo Gac-Artigas (born 1944) *

Olga Grau Olga Ida Magdalena Grau Duhart (born September 21, 1945) is a contemporary Chilean writer, professor, full professor, and philosopher, a specialist in gender, human sexuality, sexuality, philosophy, education, and literature. Early life and educ ...

(born 1945) *

Vicente Huidobro Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández (; January 10, 1893 – January 2, 1948) was a Chilean poet born to an aristocracy, aristocratic family. He promoted the avant-garde literary movement in Chile and was the creator and greatest exponent of t ...

(1893–1948) *

Enrique Lihn Enrique Lihn Carrasco (3 September 1929 – 10 July 1988) was a Chileans, Chilean writer, Literary criticism, literary critic, and cartoonist, mostly known as a poet, but who also wrote Essay, essays, Short story, short stories, Novel, novels, Pla ...

(1929–1988) * Sergio Missana (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 Catholic. She was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order. She was ...

(1889–1957) *

Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...

(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 t ...

(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 wom ...

(born 1951)

Colombia

* Andrés Caicedo (1951–1977) *

Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th centur ...

(1927–2014) * Jorge Isaacs (1837–1895) *

Álvaro Mutis Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (August 25, 1923 – September 22, 2013) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence '' The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll'', which revolves around the character o ...

(1923–2013) *

Rafael Pombo José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo (November 7, 1833 – May 5, 1912) was a Colombian poet born in Bogotá. Trained as a mathematician and an engineer in a military school, Rafael Pombo served in the army and he traveled to the United States of Am ...

(1833–1912) *

José Eustasio Rivera José Eustasio Rivera Salas (February 19, 1888 – December 1, 1928) was a Colombian lawyer and author primarily known for his national epic ''The Vortex''. Early life José Eustasio Rivera was born on February 19, 1888, in Aguas Calientes, a ...

(1888–1928) * Fernando Soto Aparicio (1933–2016) *

Fernando Vallejo Fernando Vallejo Rendón (born 1942 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian-born novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He obtained Mexican nationality in 2007. Biography Vallejo was born and raised in Medellín, though he left his hometown early in ...

(born 1942) *

Samael Aun Weor Samael Aun Weor (; March 6, 1917 – December 24, 1977), born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez, was a teacher and author of over sixty books of esoteric spirituality. He formed a new religious movement under the banner of "Universal Gnosticism" ...

(1917–1977) *

Héctor Abad Faciolince Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958) is a Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist, and editor. Abad is considered one of the most talented post-Latin American Boom writers in Latin American literature. Abad is best known for his bestselling nov ...

(born 1958) *

Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal (born 31 October 1945) is a Colombian writer and politician. He attended the University of Valle and was the runner-up for a Premio Nadal in 1971 for '' Dabeiba''. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984, a ...

(born 1945) * Gonzalo Arango Arias (1931–1976) * Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942) *

Tomás Carrasquilla Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo (1858 – 1940) was a Colombian writer who lived in the Antioquia region. He dedicated himself to very simple jobs: tailor, secretary of a judge, storekeeper in a mine, and worker at the Ministry of Public ...

(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 (1941–2010) *

Laura Restrepo Laura Restrepo (born 1950 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian author who began writing what were mainly political columns in her mid-twenties. Her first novel, ''Isle of Passion'', is based on historical deeds that occurred on Clipperton Island ...

(born 1950) *

Olga Elena Mattei Olga Elena Mattei Echavarría (born 1933 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Arecibo, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican-born Colombian poet. She has won several poetry awards in Colombia and other Spanish language, Spanish-speaking countries. Sh ...

(born 1933) *

(1888–1928) *

Daniel Samper Pizano Daniel Samper Pizano (born 8 June 1945) is a Colombian people, Colombian lawyer, journalist, and prolific writer. Career Samper attended the Gimnasio Moderno, where he began writing in the student newspaper ''El Aguilucho''. At the age of 19 he ...

(born 1945) *

José Asunción Silva José Asunción Silva (27 November 1865 in Bogotá – 23 May 1896 in Bogotá) was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Latin American Modernismo. Life Born to a wealthy and educated Bogotá family, Asunción Silva led a c ...

(1865–1896) * José María Vargas Vila (1860–1933) * Albalucía Angel (born 1939) * Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939) *

Fanny Buitrago Fanny Buitrago is a Colombian fiction writer and playwright best known for her novel ''Señora de la miel''. She was born in Barranquilla, Colombia between 1943 and 1945. Early life Fanny Buitrago was born in Barranquilla, Colombia between 1943 ...

(born 1943) * Jorge Franco (born 1962)

Costa Rica

Manuel Argüello Mora Manuel Argüello Mora was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1834. He is one of the foremost Costa Rican writers, and with 1888's ''Misterio'', was its first novelist. He obtained his education at the University of Santo Tomás in Costa Rica and the U ...

(1834–1902) * Alfonso Chase (born 1945) *

Fabián Dobles Fabián Dobles Rodríguez (January 17, 1918 – March 22, 1997) was a Costa Rican writer and left-wing political activist. An author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays, he earned international recognition as an author dealing with t ...

(1918–1997) * Quince Duncan (born 1940) * Carlos Luis Fallas (1909–1966) *

Carlos Gagini Carlos Gagini (18651925) was a Costa Rican intellectual, philologist writer, esperantist and linguist. He was born in Costa Rica, in a family of Swiss descent. He was a significant figure in linguistics Linguistics is the scientific stud ...

(1865–1925) *

Joaquín García Monge Joaquín García Monge (January 20, 1881 – January 1, 1958) is considered one of Costa Rica's most important writers. He was born in Desamparados, Costa Rica in 1881 and was educated in both Costa Rica and Chile, where he fell under the influen ...

(1881–1958) * Manuel González Zeledón ("Magón") (1864–1936) * Max Jiménez (1900–1947) * Tatiana Lobo (born 1939) * Carmen Lyra (1888–1949) *

José Marín Cañas José Marín Cañas (1904–1980) was a Costa Rican novelist, playwright, travel writer and journalist, particularly known for his novels ''El infierno verde'' (1935) and ''Pedro Arnáez'' (1942).Richard Young, Odile Cisneros. ''Historical Diction ...

(1904–1981) * Carmen Naranjo (1928–2012) * Julieta Pinto (1921–2022) *

Emilia Prieto Tugores Emilia Prieto Tugores (11 January 1902 – 1986) was a graphic artist, educator, singer, composer, and scholar of folklore from the Central Valley of Costa Rica, one of the few women to enter the field of artistic satire in the first half of the ...

(1902–1986) *

José León Sánchez José León Sánchez Alvarado (19 April 1929 – 15 November 2022)Rodrigo Soto (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 who is known as a vocal critic of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban government. His memoir of the Cuban dissident movement and of bei ...

(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 (disam ...

(born 1940) *

Guillermo Cabrera Infante Guillermo Cabrera Infante (; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín, and used Guillermo Cain for the screenplay of the ...

(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 ...

(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 about the establi ...

(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 ...

(1814–1873) *

Nicolás Guillén Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist and political activist. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.

(1902–1989) * José Lezama Lima (1910–1976) * Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997) *

José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; 28 January 1853 – 19 May 1895) was a Cuban nationalism, nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in ...

(1853–1895) *

Leonardo Padura Fuentes Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (born October 10, 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. , he is one of Cuba's best-known writers internationally. In his native Spanish, as well as in English and some other languages, he is often refe ...

(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 (disambiguation) * ...

(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 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, she worked fo ...

(born 1959)

Dominican Republic

Fabio Fiallo Fabio Fiallo, in full Fabio Federico Fiallo Cabral (February 3, 1866 – August 29, 1942) was a Dominican Republic writer, poet, politician, and diplomat, primarily known for his modernist short stories and verses, as well as being an outspoken an ...

(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. He ...

(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 who was the 41st, 45th and 49th president of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms from 1960 t ...

(1909–2002) * Pedro Mir (1913–2000) * Alfredo Fernández Simó (1915–1991) *

Junot Díaz Junot Díaz ( ; born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican American writer, creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a former fiction editor at '' Boston Review''. Central to Díaz's work is the immigrant experience ...

(born 1970)

Ecuador

Abdón Ubidia Abdón Ubidia (born 1944) is an Ecuadorian writer who is considered one of the most representative and relevant voices of modern Ecuadorian literature. He was the 2012 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo in Literature, awarded to him by Pres ...

, (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 (Russ ...

(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 – 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 an Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and diplomat. An innovator of the 20th-century Latin American novel, he was a foundi ...

(1908–1993), novelist, essayist, journalist, historian *

Alicia Yánez Cossío Alicia Yáñez Cossío (born December 10, 1928, in Quito ) is a prominent Ecuatoriana, Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist. Yáñez Cossio is one of the leading figures in Culture of Ecuador, Ecuadorian literature and in Latin America, an ...

(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 liter ...

(1909–2003), novelist, and poet *

Arturo Borja Arturo Borja Pérez (1892 – November 13, 1912) was an Ecuadorian poet who was part of a group known as the "Generación decapitada" (Decapitated Generation). He was the first in the group to excel as a Modernismo, modernist poet. He did not pro ...

(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 Poli ...

(1894–1961), poet, translator *

Benjamín Carrión Mora Benjamín Akoto Asamoah (born 4 January 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Tuhami as a midfielder. Club career Born in Accra, Benjamín arrived at the youth academy of Atlético Madrid from the Rayo Majadahonda counter ...

(1897–1979), writer *

Benjamín Urrutia Benjamin Urrutia (born January 24, 1950) is an author and scholar. With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited '' The Logia of Yeshua'', which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non ...

(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 nat ...

– 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 (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 The ''Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo' ...

(1920–2004), writer and university professor * Eduardo Varas – 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 mother ...

– poet and writer *

Enrique Gil Gilbert Enrique Gil Gilbert (July 8, 1912 – February 21, 1973) was an Ecuadorian novelist, journalist, poet, and a high-ranking member of the Communist Party of Ecuador. Gil Gilbert was born and died in the coastal city of Guayaquil, and was the youn ...

(1912–1973), novelist, journalist, poet *

Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

– 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 criollo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he ...

(1747–1795), writer and lawyer *

Euler Granda Euler Granda (June 7, 1935 – February 22, 2018) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, and psychiatrist. Biography Granda was born in Riobamba, Ecuador, on June 7, 1935, to Aurora Espinoza and Ángel Polibio Granda. He was married to the poet Violeta ...

(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 a ...

– poet, essayist and professor * Filoteo Samaniego – novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat *

Francisco Tobar Garcia Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Commu ...

– poet, novelist, and playwright * Gabriel Cevallos García – writer and historian * Galo René Pérez – biographer, poet, and essayist *

Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (June 24, 1931 – June 9, 2012) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, professor, and cultural promoter. He inherited his passion for poetry from his father, the poet Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez. In 2009 he was awarded Ecua ...

– poet and writer *

Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez (May 20, 1902, in Santa Ana – April 19, 1962, in Portoviejo) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, and short story writer. In 1957 he was the President of the House of Ecuadorian Culture, Manabi branch. He was the fath ...

– poet, novelist and short story writer *

Hugo Mayo Miguel Augusto Egas Miranda, better known by his pen name Hugo Mayo (November 24, 1895 in Manta – April 5, 1988 in Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic ca ...

(1895–1988), poet * Humberto Fierro – poet * Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998), writer * Iván Carvajal (born 1948), poet, philosopher, writer *

Jaime Galarza Zavala Jaime Galarza Zavala (28 July 1930 – 20 July 2023) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, journalist and politician. Life and career Jaime Galarza Zavala was born in Cuenca on 28 July 1930. He published over 20 books, including books of poetry and t ...

– poet, journalist and politician *

Jenny Estrada Jenny María Estrada Ruiz (21 June 1940 – 9 February 2024) was an Ecuadorian writer and journalist. She was the first woman to write an opinion piece for El Universo and she created the Julio Jaramillo Municipal Museum of Popular Music. Life ...

– Writer and journalist *

Joaquín Gallegos Lara Joaquín Gallegos Lara (April 9, 1909 – November 16, 1947) was an Ecuadorian social realist novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. Biography Joaquín Gallegos Lara was born in Guayaquil in 1909, the son of Emma Lara Calderon and J ...

– novelist and short story writer *

Jorge Carrera Andrade Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat during the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902. He died in 1978. During his life and after his death he has been recognized with Jorge Luis Borges, Vic ...

– poet * Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978), novelist *

Jorge Luis Cáceres Jorge Luis Cáceres (Quito, 1982) is an Ecuadorian writer, editor, and anthologist. Career He was recognized as one of "the 34 Latin American authors of unquestionable literary quality" in the 2012 Guadalajara International Book Fair. He has wri ...

(born 1982), editor, anthologist *

Jorge Núñez Sánchez Jorge Núñez Sánchez (6 February 1947 – 1 November 2020) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian, and professor. He was the author of 56 books and co-author of 66 other books. In 2010 he was awarded the Ecuadorian national prize Premio Eugenio E ...

(1947–2020), writer, historian and professor *

Jorge Pérez Concha Jorge Pérez Concha (June 5, 1908 in Guayaquil – April 1, 1995 in Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian historian, biographer, writer, and diplomat. He wrote biographies of Eloy Alfaro, Luis Vargas Torres, and his uncle Carlos Concha Torres, among other ...

(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 in Literature, awarded to him by President Gustavo Noboa. Martínez Queirolo, k ...

– 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 - February 26, 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 page ...

– poet * Juan Bautista Aguirre y Carbo (1725–1786), poet *

Juan Larrea Holguín ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

(1927–2006), writer and lawyer *

Juan León Mera Juan León Mera Martínez (28 June 1832 – 13 December 1894) was an Ecuadorian essayist, novelist, politician and painter. His best-known works are the Ecuadorian National Hymn and the novel '' Cumandá'' (1879). Additionally, in his politic ...

(1832–1894), essayist, novelist, politician * Juan Manuel Rodríguez (born 1945), professor and author *

Juan Montalvo Juan María Montalvo Fiallos (13 April 1832 - 17 January 1889) was an Ecuadorian essayist and novelist. His writing was strongly marked by anti-clericalism and opposition to presidents Gabriel García Moreno and Ignacio de Veintemilla. He w ...

(1832–1889), author and essayist *

Julio Pazos Barrera Julio Pazos Barrera ( Baños, 18 August 1944) is a poet, writer, teacher, and cook. He is the editor-in-chief of the magazine ''Letras del Ecuador'' (Letters from Ecuador) published by the Ecuadorian House of Culture, and editor-in-chief of th ...

(born 1944), poet *

Karina Galvez Karina Galvez (born July 7, 1964) is an Ecuadorian American poet. Biography She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 7, 1964. She lived in California, United States during 1985–2012. Since 2012, she resided in Ecuador, but flew extensively th ...

(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 o ...

– poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician *

Luis Enrique Fierro Luis Enrique Fierro (born November 14, 1936, in Tulcán) is an Ecuadorian medic and poet. He was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize of Culture "Premio Eugenio Espejo The ''Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo'' ("Eugenio Espejo National Award") i ...

(born 1936), poet and medical doctor *

Medardo Ángel Silva Medardo Ángel Silva Rodas (June 8, 1898 at Guayaquil – June 10, 1919 at Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian poet and a member of the '' Generación decapitada''. The "Decapitated Generation" was a group of four young Ecuadorian poets in the first dec ...

– poet * Miguel Donoso Pareja – 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. Early life Nela Martinez was born in Cañar, Ecuador. H ...

(1912–2004), activist, and writer * Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002), poet *

Nicolás Kingman Riofrío Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

– 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 – poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist *

Raúl Andrade Moscoso Raúl Andrade Moscoso (October 4, 1905 – September 10, 1983) was an Ecuadorian journalist and playwright. Andrade traveled throughout Mexico and Colombia, where he worked as a journalist for El Tiempo (Bogota, Colombia), and published his bo ...

(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 (born 1947), writer and pianist *

Ulises Estrella Ulises Estrella Moya (4 July 1939 – 27 December 2014) was an Ecuadorian poet and the co-founder of Tzantzismo, a literary movement of the 1960s, Ecuador. He was also a devoted film researcher and programmer, who headed the film cinematheque of t ...

(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 Manuel ...

(1859–1940), poet, novelist, playwright, biographer, translator

Ecuatorial Guinea

* María Nsué Angüe (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, Spanish Guinea and studied at the Escuela Superior de Santa Isabel and at La Escuela social de Granada. His paternal si ...

(1938–2014) *

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 6 November 1966) is an Equatoguinean author and activist. His parents were from the remote island of Annobón, off the West African coast. He is at the center of the feature award-winning documentary '' The Writer ...

(born 1966) * Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950) *

Raquel Ilombé Raquel del Pozo Epita (1938–1992), known as Raquel Ilombé, was an Equatorial Guinean poet and author, who wrote in Spanish. Background and early life She was born in Spanish Guinea (today Equatorial Guinea), on the island of Corisco, to an ...

(¿1938?–1992) *

Justo Bolekia Boleká Justo Bolekia Boleká (born 13 December 1954) is an Equatorial Guinean scholar and writer of Bubi descent. Life and career He attended college at Complutense University of Madrid obtaining a Doctorate degree in Modern Philology in 1986. On Ju ...

* Leoncio Evita Enoy (1929–1996)

El Salvador

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 ...

(1924–2018) *

Arturo Ambrogi Arturo Ambrogi (1874 – 1936 in San Salvador, El Salvador) was a writer and journalist, considered one of the pioneers of Salvadoran literature, along with Francisco Gavidia and Alberto Masferrer. Ambrogi's narrative was influenced by romance ...

(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 (born 1949) * Horacio Castellanos Moya (born 1957) * Carlos Castro (born 1944) * José Roberto Cea *

Roque Dalton Roque Antonio Dalton García (14 May 1935 – 10 May 1975), known professionally as Roque Dalton, was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, journalist, political activist, and intellectual. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets ...

(1935–1975) * Jacinta Escudos * Alfredo Espino (1900–1928) *

Francisco Gavidia Francisco Antonio Gavidia Guandique (1863 in San Miguel – 24 September 1955 in San Salvador) was a prominent Salvadoran writer, historian, politician, speaker, translator, educator and journalist. His poetry evolved from romanticism to a r ...

(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 the ...

(1908–1979) *

Claudia Hernández González Claudia Hernández González is a Salvadoran short story writer. She was born in El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest ...

David J. Guzmán David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

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 trea ...

Alberto Masferrer Vicente Alberto Mónico Masferrer (24 July 1868 – 15 May 1949) was a Salvadoran essayist, philosopher, politician, and journalist best known for the development of the philosophy of 'Vital Minimum' or 'Vitalismo' in Spanish. He was born in A ...

Salarrué Luis Salvador Efraín Salazar Arrué (October 22, 1899 – November 27, 1975), known as Salarrué (a derivation of his surnames), was a Salvadoran writer, poet, and painter. Born in Sonsonate to a well-off family, Salarrué trained as ...

(1899–1975)

Guatemala

* Arturo Arias *

Miguel Ángel Asturias Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (; 19 October 1899 – 9 June 1974) was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of i ...

(1899–1974) * Flavio Herrera (1895–1968) *

Mario Monteforte Toledo Mario Monteforte Toledo (September 15, 1911 – September 4, 2003) was a Guatemalan writer, dramatist, and politician. Born in Guatemala City, he played important roles in the governments of both Juan José Arévalo and Jacobo Arbenz, inclu ...

(1911–2003) *

Augusto Monterroso Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (December 21, 1921 – February 8, 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 Amer ...

(1921–2003) *

Máximo Soto Hall Máximo Soto Hall (1871-1944) was a Guatemalan novelist. He is most known for his 1899 novel ''El problema'', though he is recognized in Central America for the whole of his literary output. He was born in Guatemala City in 1871, and served in the ...

(1871–1944)

Honduras

Ramón Amaya Amador Ramón Amaya Amador (April 29, 1916 – November 24, 1966) was a Honduran journalist, author, and political activist, known for his most recognizable works "''Prisión verde''" and "''Cipotes"''. Biography Amaya was born in Olanchito in the ...

(1916–1966) * Roberto Sosa (1930–2011) *

Eduardo Bähr Eduardo Bähr (born 23 September 1940 in Tela, Honduras) (died in 4 August 2023 in Morazán, Honduras) is a Honduran writer, scriptwriter and actor. In 1996, along with Mexico's Octavio Paz, Spain's Rafael Alberti, and Nicaragua's Ernesto Car ...

(born 1940)

Mexico

Mariano Azuela Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 – March 1, 1952) was a Mexican writer and medical doctor, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism. He is t ...

(1873–1952) *

Rosario Castellanos Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...

(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. His later ver ...

(1853–1928) *

Juana Inés de la Cruz Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1651 – 17 April 1695), was a Hieronymite nun and a Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, nicknamed "Th ...

(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 30 September 1950) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician, who served in the Chamber of Deputies for the Morena Party from 2015 to 2018. Her first novel ''Como agua para chocolate'' ('' Like Wat ...

(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 author, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, short story writer, and novelist. She has been described as one of the pioneers and an early leading figure of the Magical Realism move ...

(1894–1971) *

Eve Gil Eve Gil (born 1968) is a Mexican writer and journalist from Hermosillo, Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, F ...

(born 1968) *

Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (; December 22, 1859 – February 3, 1895) was a Mexican people, Mexican writer and political figure. Biography Gutiérrez Nájera was born to catholic parents Manuel Gutiérrez Gómez (1818-1889) and Dolores Nájera y ...

(1859–1895) * Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928–1983) *

Rossy Evelin Lima Rossy Evelin Lima-Padilla (born August 18, 1986) is a United States–based Mexican writer, scholar, translator and activist. She has published her work in numerous journals, magazines and anthologies in Europe, North America and South America. ...

(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, Puebla, Puebla, he was an active participant in the Revolution, fighting alongside Emiliano Zapata as well as extolling hi ...

(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 ach ...

(1888–1921) *

Manuel Maples Arce Manuel Maples Arce (May 1, 1900 - June 26, 1981) was a Mexican poet, writer, art critic, lawyer and diplomat, especially known as the founder of the Stridentism movement. The leader of the first Mexican avant-garde movement After the first Stri ...

(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 politica ...

(born 1949) *

Amado Nervo Amado Nervo (August 27, 1870 – May 24, 1919) also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, was a Mexican poet, journalist and educator. He also acted as Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay. His poetry was known for its use of metaphor a ...

(1870–1919) * Rosa Nissán (born 1939 *

Salvador Novo Salvador Novo López (July 30, 1904 – January 13, 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 percepti ...

(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, Me ...

(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 ...

(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 (born 19 ...

(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 the ...

(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 the ...

(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, Albert ...

(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 (born 1962) *

Arqueles Vela Arqueles Vela (Guatemala/Tapachula 1899 – Mexico City 1977) was a Mexican writer, journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it ...

(1899–1977) *

Xavier Villaurrutia Xavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas called ''Autos profanos'', compiled in the work ''Poesía ...

(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, ana ...

(born 1934)

Nicaragua

Gioconda Belli Gioconda Belli (born December 9, 1948) is a Nicaraguan-born novelist and poet known for her contributions to Nicaraguan literature. Early life Gioconda Belli grew up in a wealthy family in Managua. Her father is Humberto Belli Zapata and her b ...

(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 fo ...

(1925–2020) *

Alfonso Cortés Alfonso Cortés (9 December 1893 – 3 February 1969) was a Nicaraguan poet. He is often referred to as the second-most-important Nicaraguan poet, with Rubén Darío, who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modern ...

(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, political activist and one of the most influential poets of Nicaragua. Early life and career Cuadra was b ...

(1912–2002) *

Rubén Darío Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (18 January 1867 – 6 February 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 Gloria Guardia (1940 – 13 May 2019) was a Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia t ...

(1940–2019) *

Darío Herrera Darío Herrera (1870-1914) was a Panamanian Modernismo poet and diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmen ...

(1870–1914) *

Ricardo Miró Ricardo Miró Denis (November 5, 1883 in Panama City, Panama – March 2, 1940) was a Panamanian writer and is considered Panama's national poet. He traveled to Bogotá at the age of fifteen to study painting, but was forced to return to Panama i ...

(1883–1940) *

María Olimpia de Obaldía Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

(1891–1985) *

Elsie Alvarado de Ricord Elsie Alvarado de Ricord (1928–2005) was a Panamanian writer, linguist, multiple winner of the Premio Ricardo Miró and first female director of the Panamanian Academy of Language. Biography Alvarado de Ricord earned her title of Spanish Profe ...

(1928–2005) *

José Luis Rodríguez Pittí José Luis Rodríguez Pittí is a Panamanian contemporary writer, video artist and documentary photographer. He is the author of short stories, poems and essays. Rodríguez Pittí is author of the books ''Panamá Blues'' (2010, ''miniTEXTOS'' (2 ...

(born 1971)

Paraguay

Alcibiades González Delvalle Alcibiades González Delvalle (born 20 July 1936) is a Paraguayan journalist, playwright, essayist, and novelist. He won the Paraguayan National Prize for Literature in 2013 with his novel ''Un viento negro''. In 2016 he was named a member of th ...

(born 1936) *

Augusto Roa Bastos Augusto Roa Bastos (13 June 1917 – 26 April 2005) was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor. ...

(1917–2005)

Peru

Ciro Alegría Ciro Alegría Bazán (November 4, 1909 – February 17, 1967) was a Peruvian journalist, politician, and novelist. Biography Born in Huamachuco District, he exposed the problems of the Native Peruvians while learning about their way of life. T ...

José María Arguedas José María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist. Arguedas was an author of mestizo descent who was fluent in the Quechua language. That fluency was gained by Arguedas’ ...

(1911–1969) *

César Atahualpa Rodríguez César "Atahualpa" Rodriguez Olcay (August 26, 1889 – March 12, 1972) was a Peruvian poet; a self taught, cultural writer. Born César Augusto Rodríguez Olcay in Arequipa, he took the pseudonym, "Atahualpa", after the Arequipan poet :es:Perc ...

(1889–1972) *

Alfredo Bryce Echenique Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born February 19, 1939) is a Peruvian writer born in Lima. He has written numerous books and short stories. Early days Bryce was born to a Peruvian family of upper class, related to the Scottish-Peruvian businessman John ...

(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, novelist, and playwright. Prolific and outstanding in all these fiel ...

(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 sparked ...

(1853–1909) * Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy (born 1951) *

Isabel Sabogal Isabel María Sabogal Dunin-Borkowski (born October 14, 1958 in Lima) is a Polish-Peruvian bilingual novelist, poet, translator of Polish literature into Spanish and astrologer. Biography Her parents were José Rodolfo Sabogal Wiesse (Peruvia ...

(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 (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists a ...

(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 li ...

(1539–1616) **See the complete list at

List of Peruvian writers This is a list of Peruvian literature, Peruvian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars. * Martín Adán (1908–1985), poet * Katya Adaui (born 1977), novelist * Daniel Alarcón (born 1977), novel ...

Philippines

Jesús Balmori Jesús Balmori y González Mondragón (January 10, 1887 – May 23, 1948) was a Filipino Spanish language journalist, playwright, and poet. Biography Jesús Balmori y González Mondragón was born in Ermita, Manila, on 10 January 1887. He stud ...

(1887–1948) *

Edmundo Farolán Edmundo Farolán (d. Jan. 29, 2023) is a manileño 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 universit ...

* Adelina Gurrea Monasterio (1896–1971) *

Graciano López Jaena Graciano López y Jaena (December 18, 1856 – January 20, 1896), commonly known as Graciano López Jaena (), was a Filipino journalist, orator, reformist, and national hero who is well known for his newspaper, '' La Solidaridad'' (December ...

(1856–1896) *

Apolinario Mabini Apolinario Mabini y Maranán (; July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary, revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and Politician, statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Philippine Revolution# ...

(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 th ...

(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, nom de plume'' Pláridel,.''Filipinos in History: Volume II'', National Historical Commission o ...

(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 popularly considered a na ...

(1861–1896) *

Antonio Abad Antonio Abad y Mercado (May 10, 1894 – April 20, 1970) was a prominent Filipino poet, fictionist, playwright and essayist. Personal life Antonio Abad y Mercado was born in Barili, Cebu, under the Captaincy General of the Philippines, on 10 M ...

(1894–1970)

Puerto Rico

Julia de Burgos Julia Constanza Burgos García (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953), known as Julia de Burgos, was a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, Independence movement in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican independence advocate, and teacher. As an advo ...

, 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), '' United States of Banana'' (2011), and '' Putinoika'' (2024). ...

, author of "El imperio de los suenos," and "Yo-Yo Boing!" *

Rosario Ferré Rosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano (September 28, 1938 – February 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist.

, author of "Sweet Diamond Dust" *

René Marqués René Marqués (October 4, 1919 – March 22, 1979) was a Puerto Rican people, 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 ...

, author of "La Carretera" *

Luis Rafael Sánchez Dr. Luis Rafael Sánchez, a.k.a. "Wico" Sánchez (November 17, 1936) is a Puerto Rican essayist, novelist, and short-story author who is widely considered one of the island's most outstanding contemporary playwrights. Possibly his best known play ...

, author of "Macho Camacho's Beat"

Spain

* Maria Dolores Acevedo (1932–1998) * 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 numer ...

(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 villag ...

(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 Alde ...

(1925–1969) *

Josefina Aldecoa Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez (8 March 1926 – 16 March 2011), was a Spanish writer and teacher born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted for her own literary ...

(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 : ''Aleman is sometimes used to refer to German.'' Mateo Alemán y del Nero (Seville, September 1547 – Mexico City, 1614) was a Spanish novelist and writer. Biography Alemán was born in Seville, Andalucía, where he graduated from the Univer ...

(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 ed ...

(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, Franz Werf ...

(born 1973) *

Joaquín Arderíus Joaquín Arderíus y Sánchez Fortún (May 5, 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. H ...

(1885–1969) *

Teresa of Ávila Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28March 15154or 15October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Active during the Counter-Re ...

(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 Pío Baroja y Nessi (28 December 1872 – 30 October 1956) was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family. His brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his ne ...

(1872–1956) *

Carlos Be Carlos Be (born in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, 4 November 1974) is a Spanish author and theater director, as well as a founding member of the theater companies The Zombie Company and La Casa Be. His works have been premiered in Bolivia, C ...

(born 1974) *

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (), was a Spanish Spanish Romance literature, Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, columni ...

(1836–1870) *

Gonzalo de Berceo Gonzalo de Berceo ( 1197 – before 1264) was a 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, written in a style o ...

(c. 1190 – c. 1264) * Carmen Blanco y Trigueros (ca. 1840 - 1921) * José María Blanco-White (1775–1841) *

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (, 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that ...

(1867–1928) * Juan Boscán (1490–1542) *

José Cadalso José de Cadalso y Vázquez (Cádiz, 1741 – Gibraltar, 1782) was a Spanish soldier, novelist, poet, playwright and essayist. He was one of the major authors of Spanish Enlightenment literature. Career Before completing his twentieth year, Ca ...

(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, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished Spanish Baroque literature, poets and ...

(1600–1681) * Gabriela Bustelo (born 1962) *

Teresa Cameselle Teresa Cameselle (born 1968) is a Spanish Galician writer specialized in romantic novels and historical narratives. Biography María Teresa Cameselle Rodríguez was born in Mugardos, Ferrol region of A Coruña A Coruña (; ; also informal ...

(born 1968) *

Francisco Fernández Carvajal Francisco Fernández Carvajal or Francis Fernandez (born 1938 in Granada) is a Spanish Catholic priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and the author of several books. He is best known for his seven volume work ''Hablar con Dios'' (''In Conversation w ...

(born 1938) *

Rosalía de Castro María Rosalía Rita de Castro (; 23 February 1837 – 15 July 1885), was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely regarded as the greatest Gali ...

(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 Liter ...

(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 ...

(1902–1963) *

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( ; ; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelist ...

(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 ...

(1520–1557) *

Edith Checa Oviedo Edith Salud Checa Oviedo (Seville, Spain, November 24, 1957December 29, 2017) was a Spanish journalist, writer, poet, and radio host. Biography Checa had a degree in Information Science, and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Literature and Medi ...

(1957–2017) * Matilde Cherner (1833–1880) *

San Juan de la Cruz St. John of the Cross (; ; né Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar of ''Converso'' ancestry. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, ...

(1542–1591) *

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'' ("M ...

(1911–1981) *

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. Writer, university graduate as Social Graduate (Labor Relations) and studies of Law. He has written poetry sporadically ...

(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 lite ...

(1896–1987) *

Juan del Encina Juan del Encina (12 July 1468 – 1529/1530) was a Spanish composer, poet, priest, and playwright, often credited as the joint-father (even "founder" or "patriarch") of Spanish drama, alongside Gil Vicente. His birth name was Juan de Fermoselle. ...

(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 with the creation of the modern poetic form of the '' décima'', composed of ten octameters, named '' es ...

(1550–1624) * José de Espronceda (1808–1842) * Fray Benito Jerónimo Feijoo (1676–1764) *

León Felipe León Felipe Camino Galicia (11 April 1884 – 18 September 1968) was an anti-fascist Spanish poet who also worked as a professor of literature in Spain and the US. Biography Felipe was born in Tábara, Zamora, Spain, while his parents w ...

(1884–1968) * Trini de Figueroa (1918–1972) * Espido Freire (born 1974) *

Gloria Fuertes Gloria Fuertes García (28 July 1917 – 27 November 1998) was a Spanish poet, author of children's literature, and regular participant in children's television shows. She was part of the post-war literary movement of ''postismo'', and a member ...

(1917–1998) *

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a g ...

(1898–1936) * Juan García Rodenas (born 1976) *

Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (, Gimeno; Alcañiz, 1850 - Buenos Aires, 1919) was a Spanish writer, editor, feminist, and transatlantic traveler. She was the author of novels and short stories, as well as non-fiction, including essays, opinion work ...

(1850–1919) * José María Gironella (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 prebendary for the Church of Córdoba. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widel ...

(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. Caree ...

(born 1935) *

Baltasar Gracián Baltasar Gracián y Morales (; 8 January 16016 December 1658), better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and Spanish Baroque literature, Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte de Gracián, Belmonte, n ...

(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) * Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra (1921–1984) *

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 José Hierro del Real (born 3 April 1922 in Madrid, Spain – died 21 December 2002 in Madrid, Spain), sometimes colloquially called Pepe Hierro, was a Spanish poet. He belonged to the so-called Spanish Civil War, postwar generation, within the r ...

(1922–2002) * Francisco Javier Illán Vivas (born 1958) *

Tomás de Iriarte Tomás de Iriarte (or Yriarte) (18 September 1750 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife – 17 September 1791 in Madrid) was a Spanish neoclassical poet. Life Tomás was born to the Iriarte family, many of whose members were writers in the humani ...

(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 Spain, Spanish Spanish Enlightenment literature, neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlighte ...

(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- ...

(1809–1837) *

Fray Luis de León 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'' ...

(1527 – c. 1591) * Fernando S. Llobera (born 1965) *

Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana Inigo is a masculine given name deriving from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (man)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity ...

(1398–1458) * Mariló López Garrido (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'')'', '' Tomorrow in the Battle Th ...

(born 1951) *

Julián Marías Julián Marías Aguilera (17 June 1914 – 15 December 2005) was a Spanish philosopher associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was a pupil of the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and member of the Madrid School.A. Pablo Iann ...

(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 P ...

(1933–2020) *

Carmen Martín Gaite Carmen Martín Gaite (8 December 1925 – 23 July 2000) was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Prem ...

(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 bo ...

(1924–1964) * Azorín (1863–1967) *

Ana María Matute Ana María Matute Ausejo (26 July 1925 – 25 June 2014) was an internationally acclaimed Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for ''Primera memoria''. The third woman to receive the ...

(1925–2014) *

Marina Mayoral Marina Mayoral Díaz (Mondoñedo, Spain, September 12, 1942) is a Galician people, Galician writer in Galician language, Galician and Spanish language, Spanish. Early life and education She has lived in Madrid since the age of 19, but always mai ...

(1942) *

Eduardo Mendoza Garriga Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (born 11 January 1943) is a Spanish novelist, playwright, and essayist. His first novel, ''The Truth about the Savolta Case, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta'' (''The Truth About the Savolta Case''), published in 1975, ...

(born 1943) * Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912) *

Gabriel Miró Gabriel Miró Ferrer (; Alicante, 28 July 1879 – Madrid, 24 May 1930), known as Gabriel Miró, was a Spanish modernist writer. In 1900 he finished his studies in law at the University of Granada and the University of Valencia. He focused mainly ...

(1879–1930) *

Agustín Moreto y Cavana Agustín Moreto y Cavana (April, 1618, Madrid28 October 1669), was a Spanish Catholic priest and dramatist. Biography Of Italian descent, his exact date of birth is unknown, but he was baptized at Madrid on 9 April 1618. He attended the Unive ...

(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 lite ...

(born 1956) *

Marysa Navarro Marysa Navarro Aranguren (12 October 1934 – 2 March 2025) was a Spanish-American historian specializing in the history of feminism, the history of Latin American women, and the history of Latin America. She occupied a prominent role as a pro ...

(born 1934) *

Emilia Pardo Bazán Emilia Pardo Bazán y de la Rúa-Figueroa, Countess of Pardo Bazán (; 16 September 185112 May 1921) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, literary critic, poet, playwright, translator, editor and professor. Her naturalism (literature), naturalis ...

(1851–1921) *

Benito Pérez Galdós Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós (; 10 May 1843 – 4 January 1920) was a Spanish Spanish Realist literature, realist novelist. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Mi ...

(1843–1920) *

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951) 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 published in ...

(born 1951) *

Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Order of Santiago, 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, ...

(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 ...

(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 ''Trag ...

(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, Archpriest of Hita (c. 1283 – c. 1350) *Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581–1639) *Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964–2020) *Pedro Salinas (1892–1951) *José Luis Sampedro (1917–2013) *Francisca Sarasate (1853-1922) *Marta Segarra (born 1963) *María del Pilar Sinués de Marco (1835–1893) *Tirso de Molina (1571–1648) *Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999) *Sara Torres (born 1991) *Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) *Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Juan Valera (1824–1905) *Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936) *Félix Lope de Vega (1562–1635) *Garcilaso de la Vega (poet), Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536) *Marika Vila (born 1949) *Esteban Manuel de Villegas (1589–1669) *María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1661) *José Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893) *Alfonso Vallejo (1943–2021) *Carlos G. Vallés (1925–2020) *Agustín García Calvo (1926–2012) *Lydia Zimmermann

United States

*Fray Angelico Chavez (1910–1996) *Sandra Cisneros (born 1954) *

(born 1953) *

(1914–1953)

Uruguay

*Eduardo Acevedo Díaz *José Enrique Rodó *Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015) *Bartolomé Hidalgo *Jorge Majfud (born 1969) *Mario Benedetti (1920–2009) *Orosmán Moratorio *Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994) *Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937) *Carlos Vaz Ferreira *Idea Vilariño (1920–2009)

Venezuela

*Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969) *Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001)