This is a list of Spanish-language authors, organized by country.
Argentina
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Roberto Arlt (1900–1942)
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Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999)
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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)
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Sergio Chejfec (born 1956)
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Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
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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)
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Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892)
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José Hernández (1834–1886)
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Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947)
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Alicia Jurado (1922–2011)
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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)
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Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984)
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Ricardo Piglia (1941–2017)
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Manuel Puig (1932–1990)
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Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011)
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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)
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Ana Maria Shua (born 1951)
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Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938)
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Patricio Sturlese (born 1973)
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Héctor Tizón (1929–2012)
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Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938)
Bolivia
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Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (1931–1980)
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Gigia Talarico (born 1953)
Chile
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Isabel Allende (born 1942)
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Eduardo Anguita (1914–1992)
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Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003)
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José Baroja (born 1983)
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María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980)
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José Donoso (1924–1996)
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Ariel Dorfman (born 1942)
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Jorge Edwards (born 1931)
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Diamela Eltit (born 1949)
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Alberto Fuguet (born 1964)
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Gustavo Gac-Artigas (born 1944)
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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)
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Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948)
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Enrique Lihn (1929–1988)
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Sergio Missana (born 1968)
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Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957)
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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)
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Gonzalo Rojas (1916–2011)
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Manuel Rojas (1896–1973)
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Antonio Skármeta (born 1940)
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Luis Sepúlveda (1949–2020)
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Marcela Serrano (born 1951)
Colombia
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Andrés Caicedo (1951–1977)
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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)
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Jorge Isaacs (1837–1895)
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Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013)
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Rafael Pombo (1833–1912)
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José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928)
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Fernando Soto Aparicio (1933–2016)
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Fernando Vallejo (born 1942)
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Samael Aun Weor (1917–1977)
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Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958)
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Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal (born 1945)
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Gonzalo Arango Arias (1931–1976)
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Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942)
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Tomás Carrasquilla (1858–1940)
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Germán Castro Caycedo (1940–2021)
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Manuel Mejía Vallejo (1923–1998)
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Jairo Aníbal Niño (1941–2010)
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Laura Restrepo (born 1950)
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Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933)
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José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928)
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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)
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José Asunción Silva (1865–1896)
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José María Vargas Vila (1860–1933)
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Albalucía Angel (born 1939)
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Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939)
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Fanny Buitrago (born 1943)
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Jorge Franco (born 1962)
Costa Rica
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Manuel Argüello Mora (1834–1902)
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Alfonso Chase (born 1945)
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Fabián Dobles (1918–1997)
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Quince Duncan (born 1940)
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Carlos Luis Fallas (1909–1966)
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Carlos Gagini (1865–1925)
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Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958)
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Manuel González Zeledón ("Magón") (1864–1936)
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Max Jiménez (1900–1947)
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Tatiana Lobo (born 1939)
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Carmen Lyra (1888–1949)
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José Marín Cañas (1904–1981)
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Carmen Naranjo (1928–2012)
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Julieta Pinto (1921–2022)
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Emilia Prieto Tugores (1902–1986)
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José León Sánchez (born 1929)
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Rodrigo Soto (born 1962)
Cuba
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Brígida Agüero y Agüero (1837–1866)
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Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990)
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Miguel Barnet (born 1940)
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929–2005)
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Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980)
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Daína Chaviano (born 1957)
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Enrique Cirules (1938–2016)
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Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (1847–1938)
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873)
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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)
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José Lezama Lima (1910–1976)
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Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997)
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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)
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Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955)
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Gonzalo de Quesada (1496/1506 or 1509–1579)
*Ernesto Juan Castellanos (born 1963)
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Severo Sarduy (1937–1993)
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Zoé Valdés (born 1959)
Dominican Republic
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Fabio Fiallo (1866–1942)
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Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1884–1946)
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Juan Bosch (1909–2001)
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Joaquín Balaguer (1909–2002)
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Pedro Mir (1913–2000)
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Alfredo Fernández Simó (1915–1991)
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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
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Abdón Ubidia, (born 1944), novelist
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Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), novelist, poet and diplomat
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Agustin Cueva (1937–1992), literary critic and sociologist
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Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992), poet, novelist and journalist
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Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002), historian, essayist and literary critic
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Alfredo Gangotena – poet who wrote in French and Spanish
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Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993), novelist, essayist, journalist, historian
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Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1928), poet, novelist and journalist
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Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003), novelist, and poet
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Arturo Borja (1892–1912), poet
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Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961), poet, translator
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Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979), writer
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Benjamín Urrutia (born 1950), author and scholar
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Carlos Altamirano Sánchez – poet and journalist
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Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo – poet
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Carmen Acevedo Vega – poet and writer
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Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857), poet
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Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004), writer and university professor
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Eduardo Varas – novelist and journalist
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Efraín Jara Idrovo – poet and writer
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Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973), novelist, journalist, poet
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Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño – poet
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Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795), writer and lawyer
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Euler Granda (1935–2018), poet, novelist
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Fanny Carrión de Fierro – poet, essayist and professor
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Filoteo Samaniego – novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
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Francisco Tobar Garcia – poet, novelist, and playwright
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Gabriel Cevallos García – writer and historian
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Galo René Pérez – biographer, poet, and essayist
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Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera – poet and writer
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Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez – poet, novelist and short story writer
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Hugo Mayo (1895–1988), poet
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Humberto Fierro – poet
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Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998), writer
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Iván Carvajal (born 1948), poet, philosopher, writer
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Jaime Galarza Zavala – poet, journalist and politician
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Jenny Estrada – Writer and journalist
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Joaquín Gallegos Lara – novelist and short story writer
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Jorge Carrera Andrade – poet
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Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978), novelist
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Jorge Luis Cáceres (born 1982), editor, anthologist
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Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020), writer, historian and professor
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Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995), historian, biographer, writer and diplomat
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José de la Cuadra – novelist and short story writer
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José Joaquín de Olmedo – poet
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José Martínez Queirolo – playwright
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Fray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988), writer and historian
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José Rumazo González – poet
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Juan Bautista Aguirre y Carbo (1725–1786), poet
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Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006), writer and lawyer
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Juan León Mera (1832–1894), essayist, novelist, politician
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Juan Manuel Rodríguez (born 1945), professor and author
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Juan Montalvo (1832–1889), author and essayist
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Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944), poet
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Karina Galvez (born 1964), poet
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Luis Alberto Costales – poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
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Luis Enrique Fierro (born 1936), poet and medical doctor
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Medardo Ángel Silva – poet
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Miguel Donoso Pareja – poet, novelist, and short-story writer
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Nela Martínez (1912–2004), activist, and writer
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Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002), poet
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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
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Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907), poet, journalist, educator, diplomat, and philosopher
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Octavio Cordero Palacios – playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor
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Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999), writer and politician
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Rafael Díaz Ycaza – poet, novelist, and short story writer
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Raquel Verdesoto – poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
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Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983), journalist and playwright
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Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born 1939), biographer
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Sonia Manzano Vela (born 1947), writer and pianist
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Ulises Estrella (1939–2014), poet, film expert
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Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940), poet, novelist, playwright, biographer, translator
Ecuatorial Guinea
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María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017 )
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Juan Balboa Boneke (1938–2014)
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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)
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Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950)
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Raquel Ilombé (¿1938?–1992)
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Justo Bolekia Boleká
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Leoncio Evita Enoy (1929–1996)
El Salvador
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Claribel Alegría (1924–2018)
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Arturo Ambrogi (1874–1936)
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Manlio Argueta (born 1935)
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Mario Bencastro (born 1949)
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Horacio Castellanos Moya (born 1957)
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Carlos Castro (born 1944)
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José Roberto Cea
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Roque Dalton (1935–1975)
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Jacinta Escudos
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Alfredo Espino (1900–1928)
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Francisco Gavidia (1863–1955)
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Pedro Geoffroy Rivas (1908–1979)
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Claudia Hernández González
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David J. Guzmán
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Claudia Lars (1899–1974)
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Francisco Machón Vilanova
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Alberto Masferrer
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Salarrué (1899–1975)
Guatemala
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Arturo Arias
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Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)
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Flavio Herrera (1895–1968)
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Mario Monteforte Toledo (1911–2003)
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Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003)
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Máximo Soto Hall (1871–1944)
Honduras
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Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966)
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Roberto Sosa (1930–2011)
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Eduardo Bähr (born 1940)
Mexico
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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)
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Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974)
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Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853–1928)
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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)
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Ricardo Elizondo Elizondo (1950–2013)
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Laura Esquivel (born 1950)
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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)
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Elena Garro (1894–1971)
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Eve Gil (born 1968)
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Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859–1895)
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Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928–1983)
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Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986)
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Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998)
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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)
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Manuel Maples Arce (1898–1981)
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Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949)
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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)
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Rosa Nissán (born 1939
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Salvador Novo (1904–1974)
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Fernando del Paso (1935–2018)
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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)
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Carlos Pellicer (1897–1977)
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Sergio Pitol (1933–2018)
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Elena Poniatowska (born 1932)
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Ricardo Raphael (born 1968)
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Alfonso Reyes (1889–1959)
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Juan Rulfo (1917–1986)
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Alberto Ruy-Sánchez (born 1951)
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Jaime Sabines (1926–1999)
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Carlos Tello Díaz (born 1962)
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Arqueles Vela (1899–1977)
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Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1950)
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Gabriel Zaid (born 1934)
Nicaragua
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Gioconda Belli (born 1948)
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Omar Cabezas (born 1950)
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Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020)
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Alfonso Cortés (1893–1969)
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Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002)
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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)
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Salomón de la Selva (1893–1959)
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José Coronel Urtecho (1906–1994)
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Sergio Ramírez (born 1942)
Panama
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Rosa María Britton (1936–2019)
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Gloria Guardia (1940–2019)
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Darío Herrera (1870–1914)
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Ricardo Miró (1883–1940)
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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)
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Elsie Alvarado de Ricord (1928–2005)
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José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)
Paraguay
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Alcibiades González Delvalle (born 1936)
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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
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Ciro Alegría
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José María Arguedas (1911–1969)
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César Atahualpa Rodríguez (1889–1972)
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Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born 1939)
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Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921–2007)
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María Emma Mannarelli (born 1954)
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Clorinda Matto de Turner (1853–1909)
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Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy (born 1951)
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Isabel Sabogal (born 1958)
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César Vallejo (1892–1938)
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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)
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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.
Philippines
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Jesús Balmori (1887–1948)
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Edmundo Farolán
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Adelina Gurrea Monasterio (1896–1971)
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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)
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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)
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José Palma (1876–1903)
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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)
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Guillermo Gómez Rivera (born 1936)
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Claro M. Recto (1890–1960)
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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)
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Antonio Abad (1894–1970)
Puerto Rico
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Julia de Burgos, poet
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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!"
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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"
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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"
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Luis Rafael Sánchez, author of "Macho Camacho's Beat"
Spain
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Maria Dolores Acevedo (1932–1998)
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Joan Baptista Aguilar (died 1714)
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Rafael Alberti (1902–1999)
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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)
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Clarín (1852–1901)
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Ignacio Aldecoa (1925–1969)
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Josefina Aldecoa (1926–2011)
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Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984)
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Mateo Alemán (1547–1614)
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Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990)
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Núria Añó (born 1973)
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Joaquín Arderíus (1885–1969)
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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)
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Arturo Barea (1897–1957)
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Pío Baroja (1872–1956)
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Carlos Be (born 1974)
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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)
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Gonzalo de Berceo (c. 1190 – c. 1264)
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Carmen Blanco y Trigueros (ca. 1840 - 1921)
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José María Blanco-White (1775–1841)
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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928)
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Juan Boscán (1490–1542)
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José Cadalso (1741–1782)
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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)
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Gabriela Bustelo (born 1962)
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Teresa Cameselle (born 1968)
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Francisco Fernández Carvajal (born 1938)
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Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885)
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Camilo José Cela (1916–2002)
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Luis Cernuda (1902–1963)
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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)
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Gutierre de Cetina (1520–1557)
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Edith Checa Oviedo (1957–2017)
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Matilde Cherner (1833–1880)
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San Juan de la Cruz (1542–1591)
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Álvaro Cunqueiro (1911–1981)
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Miguel Delibes (1920–2010)
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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)
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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)
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Juan del Encina (1469–1533)
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Vicente Espinel (1550–1624)
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José de Espronceda (1808–1842)
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Fray Benito Jerónimo Feijoo (1676–1764)
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León Felipe (1884–1968)
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Trini de Figueroa (1918–1972)
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Espido Freire (born 1974)
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Gloria Fuertes (1917–1998)
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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)
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Juan García Rodenas (born 1976)
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Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (1850–1919)
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José María Gironella (1917–2003)
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Luis de Góngora (1561–1627)
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José Goytisolo (1928–1999)
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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)
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Luis Goytisolo (born 1935)
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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)
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Fray Antonio de Guevara (1480–1545)
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Jorge Guillén (1893–1984)
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Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra (1921–1984)
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Miguel Hernández (1910–1942)
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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)
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Francisco Javier Illán Vivas (born 1958)
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Tomás de Iriarte (1750–1791)
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Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958)
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Gaspar de Bracamonte (c. 1595 – 1676)
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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)
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Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837)
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Fray Luis de León (1527 – c. 1591)
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Fernando S. Llobera (born 1965)
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Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana (1398–1458)
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Mariló López Garrido (born 1963)
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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)
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Manuel Machado (1874–1947)
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Jorge Manrique (1440–1479)
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Javier Marías (born 1951)
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Julián Marías (1914–2005)
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Juan Marsé (1933–2020)
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Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000)
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Luis Martín-Santos (1924–1964)
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Azorín (1863–1967)
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Ana María Matute (1925–2014)
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Marina Mayoral (1942)
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Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (born 1943)
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Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912)
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Gabriel Miró (1879–1930)
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Agustín Moreto y Cavana (1618–1661)
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Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956)
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Marysa Navarro (born 1934)
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Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921)
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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)
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951)
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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)
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Vicente Risco (1884–1963)
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Fernando de Rojas (1465–1541)
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Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (1607–1660)
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Luis Rosales (1910–1992)
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Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (c. 1283 – c. 1350)
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581–1639)
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964–2020)
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Pedro Salinas (1892–1951)
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José Luis Sampedro (1917–2013)
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Francisca Sarasate (1853-1922)
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Marta Segarra (born 1963)
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María del Pilar Sinués de Marco (1835–1893)
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Tirso de Molina (1571–1648)
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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999)
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Sara Torres
Sara Torres Rodríguez de Castro (Gijón, 1991) is a Spanish poet and novelist. In 2014, she won the Gloria Fuertes Prize for children's poetry. For her first novel, ''Lo que hay'', she received the "Javier Morote" Award, awarded by CEGAL () (Spa ...
(born 1991)
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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 ...
(1864–1936)
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Juan Valera (1824–1905)
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Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936)
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Félix Lope de Vega (1562–1635)
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Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536)
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Marika Vila (born 1949)
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Esteban Manuel de Villegas (1589–1669)
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María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1661)
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José Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893)
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Alfonso Vallejo
Alfonso Rodríguez Vallejo (19 August 1943 – 3 December 2021) was a Spanish playwright, poet, Painting, painter and neurologist. He had published 34 plays and 25 poetry books. Vallejo was awarded the Lope de Vega prize in 1976 for his play "E ...
(1943–2021)
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Carlos G. Vallés (1925–2020)
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Agustín García Calvo (1926–2012)
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Lydia Zimmermann
Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni (born 30 December 1966) is a Spaniards, Spanish Catalans, Catalan actress and film director.Aroca, María Victoria. Lydia Zimmermann, sencillez escogidaArchive. ''S Moda El País'' (in Spanish). 7 January 2012. R ...
United States
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Fray Angelico Chavez (1910–1996)
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Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, ''The House on Mango Street'' (1984), and her subsequent short story collection, ''Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories'' (1991). Her wo ...
(born 1954)
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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). ...
(born 1953)
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Julia de Burgos (1914–1953)
Uruguay
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Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
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José Enrique Rodó
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Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano (; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin American left" and "global soccer's pre-eminent man of le ...
(1940–2015)
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Bartolomé Hidalgo
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Jorge Majfud (born 1969)
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Mario Benedetti (1920–2009)
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Orosmán Moratorio
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Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994)
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Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937)
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Carlos Vaz Ferreira
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Idea Vilariño
Idea Vilariño Romani (Montevideo, 18 August 1920 – 28 April 2009) was a Uruguayan poet, essayist and literary critic.
She belonged to the group of intellectuals known as ''"Generación del 45".'' In this generation, there are several writers s ...
(1920–2009)
Venezuela
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Rómulo Gallegos
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. In 1948, he became the first freely elected President of Venezuela, president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from ...
(1884–1969)
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Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001)
See also
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List of Spanish-language poets
This is a list of notable poets who have written in the Spanish language.
Argentina
* Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
* Nemer ibn el Barud (1925–2010)
* Jacobo Fijman (1898–1970)
* Juan Gelman (1930–2014)
* Oliverio Girondo (1891–1967) ...
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Spanish-language literature