List of Latin

American writers

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This is a list of some of the most

important writers from Latin America,
organized by cultural region and
nationality. The focus is on Latin
American literature.

Tropical Andes
Bolivia …

Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946),

historian
Matilde Casazola
Javier del Granado (1913–1996), poet
Alfonso Gumucio Dagron
Víctor Montoya
Edmundo Paz Soldán 1967, novelist
Jaime Sáenz (1921–1986), poet and
novelist
José Ignacio de Sanjinés (1786–1864),
poet
Pedro Shimose
Gastón Suárez (1929–1984), novelist
and dramatist
 Franz Tamayo (1878–1956), poet
Adela Zamudio (1854–1928), poet and
novelist

Colombia …

Jorge Isaacs wrote María, one of the most

influential 19th-century novels in Spanish

Héctor Abad Faciolince, writer and

journalist
Manuel Ancízar, writer and journalist
Gonzalo Arango, poet and novelist
Helena Araújo
Porfirio Barba-Jacob
Andrés Caicedo
James Cañón
Tomás Carrasquilla
Germán Castro Caycedo
Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize in
Literature winner (1982)
Adolfo León Gómez, poet
León de Greiff
Jorge Isaacs
Jaime Manrique, writer and painter
Santiago Martínez Delgado, writer and
painter
 Marvel Moreno, writer
Álvaro Mutis
Rafael Pombo
Laura Restrepo González
José Eustasio Rivera
Daniel Samper Pizano
José Asunción Silva
Guillermo Valencia
Fernando Vallejo
José María Vargas Vila

Ecuador …

See also Ecuadorian writers

Abdón Ubidia (born 1944)
Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), novelist
and poet
Alejandro Carrión (1915–1992),
journalist
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–
1993)
Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1929)
Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003)
Arturo Borja (1892–1912)
Benjamín Carrión (1897–1979)
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo
(born 1932)
César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)
Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981)
Edna Iturralde (born 1948)
Efraín Jara Idrovo (born 1926)
Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973)
Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–
1927)
Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795)
Euler Granda (born 1935)
Fanny Carrión de Fierro, poet, essayist,
professor
Francisco Arízaga Luque (1900–1964)
Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004)
Galo René Pérez (born 1923)
Humberto Fierro (1890–1929)
Ignacio Lasso (1911–1943)
Ileana Espinel (1933–2001)
Iván Carvajal Aguirre (born 1948)
Iván Oñate (born 1948)
Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947)
Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978)
Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009)
Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978),
novelist and playwright
José de la Cuadra (1903–1941)
José María Egas (1896–1982)
José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008)
José Rumazo González (born 1904)
Juan León Mera (1832–1894), poet
and novelist
Juan Montalvo (1832–1889)
Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944)
Karina Galvez (born 1964)
Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (born 1942)
Luis Cordero Crespo (1833–1912)
Luis Costales (1926–2006)
María Fernanda Espinosa (born 1964)
Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919)
Miguel Donoso Pareja (born 1931)
Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879)
Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002)
Numa Pompilio Llona (1833–1912)
Osvaldo Hurtado (born 1939)
Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999)
Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999)
Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013)
Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983)
 Remigio Crespo Toral (1860–1939)
Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born 1939)
Sergio Román Armendáriz (died 1934)
Sonia Manzano Vela (born 1947)
Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014)
Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940)

Peru …

Mario Vargas LLosa, 2010 Nobel Prize winner

José María Arguedas

Cesar Vallejo
 Alfredo Bryce
Manuel González Prada
Clorinda Matto de Turner
José Carlos Mariátegui
Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Abraham Valdelomar
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize in
Literature winner (2010)
Enrique Lopez Albujar
Ricardo Palma

Venezuela …

Category:Venezuelan writers
Andrés Eloy Blanco
Andrés Bello (1781–1865)
Adriano González León (1931–2008)
Andrés Eloy Blanco (1897–1955)
Aquiles Nazoa (1920–1976)
Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001)
Boris Izaguirre (born 1965)
Eduardo Blanco (1840–1903)
Eduardo Liendo (born 1941)
Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008)
Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991)
Francisco Massiani (born 1944)
Fermín Toro (1807–1865)
Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978)
Hanni Ossott (1946–2002)
Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde (1846–
1892)
Laureano Vallenilla Lanz (1870–1936)
Manuel Díaz Rodríguez (1871–1927)
Mariano Picón Salas (1901–1965)
Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985)
Rafael Arráiz Lucca (born 1959)
Rafael Cadenas (born 1930)
Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969)
Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944)
Salvador Garmendia (1928–2001)
Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936)
José Antonio Ramos Sucre (1890–
1930)
Vicente Gerbasi (1913–1992)
 Alberto Barrera Tyszka (born 1960)

Brazil
Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980)
Adélia Prado (born 1935)
Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897)
Adonias Filho (1915–1990)
Afonso Arinos (1868–1916)
Alberto de Oliveira (1859–1937)
Alcântara Machado (1901–1935)
Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay (1843–
1899)
Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880–
1970)
Aluísio de Azevedo (1857–1913)
Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1792)
Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852)
Ana Cristina César (1952–1983)
Ana Maria Machado (born 1941)
Ana Miranda (born 1951)
Aníbal Machado (1894–1964)
Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864)
Antônio José da Silva (O Judeu)
(1705–1793)
António Vieira (1608–1697)
Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014)
Aristides Fraga Lima (born 1923)
Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)
Augusto de Campos (born 1931)
Augusto de Lima (1859–1934)
Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914)
Autran Dourado (born 1926)
Basílio da Gama (1741–1795)
Bernardo Guimarães (1825–1884)
Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926)
Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914–1977)
Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–
1987)
Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1860)
Castro Alves (1847–1862)
Cassiano Ricardo (1895–1974)
Cecília Meireles (1901–1964)
Clarice Lispector (1925–1977)
Cláudio Manuel da Costa (1729–1789)
Conceição Evaristo (born 1946)
Cora Coralina (1889–1985)
Dias Gomes (1922–1999)
Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)
Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909)
Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972)
Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
Gilberto Mendonça Teles (born 1931)
Gonçalves de Magalhães (1811–1882)
Graça Aranha (1868–1931)
Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953)
Gregório de Matos (1636–1696)
Gustavo Dourado (born 1960)
Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003)
Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985)
Hilda Hilst (1930–2004)
João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–
1999)
João da Cruz e Sousa (1861–1898)
João do Rio (1881–1921)
João Gilberto Noll (born 1946)
João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967)
João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916)
João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014)
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–
1882)
Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
José de Alencar (1829–1877)
José Lins do Rego (1901–1957)
José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920–
1984)
Laerte (born 1951)
Lima Barreto (1881–1922)
Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–
2005)
Lya Luft (born 1938)
Lygia Fagundes Telles (born 1923)
Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)
Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre (1777–
1838)
Márcio Souza (born 1946)
Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
Mario Quintana (1906–1994)
Martins Pena (1815–1848)
Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988)
Milton Hatoum (born 1952)
Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948)
Murilo Mendes (1901–1975)
Narbal Fontes (1902–1960)
Nélida Piñon (born 1937)
Nélson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
Olavo Bilac (1865–1918)
Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986)
Osman Lins (1924–1978)
Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
Paulo Leminski (1944–1989)
Paulo Lins (born 1958)
Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003)
Raul Pompéia (1863–1895)
Rubem Braga (1913–1990)
 Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)
Sérgio Sant'Anna (born 1941)
Socorro Acioli (born 1975)
Sousândrade (1833–1902)
Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819)
Vladimir Herzog (1930–1975)
Zélia Gattai (1916–2008)
Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born 1932)

Caribbean
Category:Caribbean writers

Cuba …

Reinaldo Arenas
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
 Alejo Carpentier
Daína Chaviano
Julián del Casal
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
Nicolás Guillén
José María Heredia
José Lezama Lima
José Martí
Heberto Padilla
Virgilio Piñera
Pedro Pérez Sarduy
Severo Sarduy
Pedro Juan Gutiérrez

Dominican Republic …
 Category:Dominican Republic writers
See also Dominican Republic writers
Julia Alvarez
Arambilet
Juan Bosch
Manuel del Cabral
Aída Cartagena Portalatín
Hilma Contreras
Junot Díaz
Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Pedro Mir
Salomé Ureña

Haiti …

Category:Haitian writers
See also Haitian writers
 Edwidge Danticat
René Depestre
Roger Dorsinville
Franck Étienne
Frédéric Marcelin
Félix Morisseau-Leroy
Justin Lhérisson
Jacques Roumain

Puerto Rico …
Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra
Manuel Alonso
Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier
Giannina Braschi
Julia de Burgos
Nemesio Canales
Cayetano Coll y Toste
Virgilio Dávila
Nelson Antonio Denis
Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
José de Diego
Edwin Figueroa
Rosario Ferré
Magali García Ramis
José Gautier Benítez
José Luis González
Eugenio María de Hostos
Enrique Laguerre
Mercedes Negrón Muñoz a.k.a. "Clara
Lair"
Tato Laviera
Juan Damián López de Haro
Luis López Nieves
René Marqués
Nemir Matos-Cintrón
Francisco Matos Paoli
Olga Nolla
Luis Palés Matos
Benito Pastoriza Iyodo
 Pedro Pietri
Miguel Piñero
Manuel Ramos Otero
Lola Rodríguez de Tió
Luis Rafael Sánchez
Esmeralda Santiago
Mayra Santos-Febres
Alejandro Tapia y Rivera
Diego de Torres Vargas
Luz María Umpierre
Lourdes Vázquez
Ana Lydia Vega
Manuel Zeno Gandía

Central America
Costa Rica …

Roque Dalton, El Salvador's best known poet

Category:Costa Rican writers

Joaquín García Monge
Carmen Naranjo
Oscar Núñez Oliva

El Salvador …

Category:Salvadoran writers
See also Salvadoran writers
Manlio Argueta, novelist
 Roque Dalton, poet and revolutionary
Jacinta Escudos, novelist
Claudia Lars, poet
Salarrué (Salvador Salazar Arrué),
novelist, poet, painter

Guatemala …

Miguel Angel Asturias, Nobel prize winner

Category:Guatemalan writers
Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)
Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1967)
 Marco Antonio Flores (1937–2013)
Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003)

Honduras …

Óscar Acosta (born 1933), poet and

critic
Ramón Amaya Amador
Eduardo Bähr
Augusto Coello
Julio Escoto
Javier Abril Espinoza
Lucila Gamero de Medina
Juan Ramón Molina
Leticia de Oyuela
Roberto Sosa
 Juan Pablo Suazo Euceda
Froylán Turcios

Nicaragua …

Ernesto Cardenal is a poet, Catholic priest and was

one of the most famous liberation theologians of
the Sandinista Regime.

Karly Gaitán Morales is a Nicaraguan film historian

and writer.
Claribel Alegría (born 1924), poet,
received the Neustadt International
Prize for Literature in 2006
Emilio Álvarez Lejarza (1884–1969),
writer
Emilio Álvarez Montalván (born 1919),
political writer
Gioconda Belli (born 1948), poet
Tomás Borge (born 1930), writer, poet,
and essayist
Omar Cabezas (born 1950), writer
Ernesto Cardenal (born 1925), poet
Blanca Castellón (born 1958), poet
José Coronel Urtecho (1906–1994),
poet, translator, essayist, critic,
narrator, playwright, and historian
Alfonso Cortés (1893–1969), poet
Arturo Cruz (born 1954), writer
Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002),
poet
Rubén Darío (1867–1916), poet,
referred to as the "father of
Modernism"
Karly Gaitán Morales (born 1980), film
historian, and writer.
Salomón Ibarra Mayorga (1887–1985),
poet and lyricist of "Salve a ti,
Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national
anthem
Erwin Krüger (1915–1973), poet and
composer
Francisco Mayorga (born 1949), writer
Christianne Meneses Jacobs (born
1971), writer, editor, and publisher
Rosario Murillo (born 1951), poet
Daniel Ortega (born 1945), poet
Azarías H. Pallais (1884–1954), poet
Joaquín Pasos (1914–1947), poet
Horacio Peña (born 1946), writer and
poet
Sergio Ramírez (born 1942), writer
Arlen Siu (died 1972), essayist
Julio Valle Castillo (born 1952), poet,
novelist, essayist, literary critic and art
critic
Daisy Zamora (born 1950), poet
Panama …

Category:Panamanian writers
See also Panamanian writers
Rosa María Britton, writer
Gloria Guardia, novelist and essayist
María Olimpia de Obaldía
Ricardo Miró, poet
José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer and
photographer

Mexico
Carlos Fuentes, one of the most internationally
popular Mexican writers
Nezahualcóyotl (1402–1472)
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581–1639)
Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695)
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
(1776–1827)
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–
1893)
José Rosas Moreno (1838–1883)
Manuel Acuña (1849–1873)
Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853–1928)
Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1858–1895)
Amado Nervo (1870–1919)
Mariano Azuela (1873–1952)
Alfonso Reyes (1889–1959)
Bruno Traven (1890–1969)
Manuel Maples Arce (1898–1981)
Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998)
Carlos Pellicer (1899–1977)
Arqueles Vela (1899–1977)
Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1951)
Agustín Yáñez (1904–1980)
Salvador Novo (1904–1974)
Octavio Paz (1914–1998)
José Revueltas (1914–1976)
Elena Garro (1917–1998)
Alí Chumacero (1918–2010)
Juan José Arreola (1918–2001)
Juan Rulfo (1918–1986)
Ricardo Garibay (1923–1999)
Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974)
Jaime Sabines (1926–1999)
Tomás Segovia (1927–2011)
Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928–1983)
Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012)
Margo Glantz (born 1930)
Salvador Elizondo (1932–2006)
Elena Poniatowska (born 1932)
Juan García Ponce (1932–2003)
Vicente Leñero (born 1933)
Sergio Pitol (born 1933)
Gabriel Zaid (born 1934)
Fernando del Paso (born 1935)
Carlos Monsiváis (born 1938)
José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014)
 Jesús Gardea (1939–2000)
Homero Aridjis (born 1940)
Héctor Aguilar Camín (born 1946)
Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born 1949)
Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949)
Laura Esquivel (born 1950)
Carmen Boullosa (born 1954)
Juan Villoro (born 1956)
Guillermo Arriaga (born 1958)
Malva Flores (born 1961)
Elvia Ardalani (born 1963)
Sandra Cisneros

Southern Cone
Argentina …

Julio Cortázar, one of the leaders of the Latin

American boom
Marcos Aguinis
César Aira
Jorge Luis Borges
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Emeterio Cerro
Julio Cortázar
Antonio di Benedetto
Esteban Echeverría
Macedonio Fernández
Fogwill
Juan Gelman
Oliverio Girondo
Che Guevara (born in Rosario,
Argentina)
Ricardo Güiraldes
José Hernández
Leopoldo Lugones
Leopoldo Marechal
José Mármol
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
Manuel Mujica Láinez
Silvina Ocampo
Victoria Ocampo
Juan L. Ortiz
Ricardo Piglia
Alejandra Pizarnik
Manuel Puig
Ricardo Rojas
Ernesto Sábato
Juan José Saer
 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Alfonsina Storni
Rodolfo Walsh

Chile …

Category:Chilean writers
See also Chilean writers

Pablo Neruda
Fernando Alegria
Isabel Allende
Miguel Arteche
Sergio Badilla Castillo
Pedro Balmaceda
Eduardo Barrios
Alberto Blest Gana
Roberto Bolaño
María Luisa Bombal
Marta Brunet
Francisco Coloane
Adolfo Couve
Eugenio Cruz Vargas
Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara
José Donoso
Ariel Dorfman
Joaquín Edwards Bello
Jorge Edwards
Diamela Eltit
Francisco Antonio Encina
Alberto Fuguet
Óscar Hahn
Vicente Huidobro
Hermógenes Irisarri
Enrique Lafourcade
Pedro Lemebel
Enrique Lihn
Baldomero Lillo
Carmen Marai
Gabriela Mistral
Pablo Neruda
Nicanor Parra
Violeta Parra
Marcela Paz
Carlos Pezoa Véliz
Salvador Reyes
Gonzalo Rojas
Manuel Rojas
Luis Sepúlveda
Marcela Serrano
Miguel Serrano
Víctor Domingo Silva
Antonio Skármeta
 Mercedes Valdivieso
Egon Wolff

Paraguay …

See also List of Paraguayans

Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944)
José Ricardo Mazó (1927–1987)
Josefina Pla (1909–1999)
José María Rivarola Matto (1909–
1999)
Augusto Roa Bastos

Uruguay …
Mario Benedetti, a highly popular Uruguayan author
and poet

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

José Enrique Rodó
Delmira Agustini
Mario Benedetti
Eduardo Galeano
Julio Herrera y Reissig
Leo Maslíah
Jesús Moraes
Juan Carlos Onetti
 Emilio Oribe
Horacio Quiroga
Tomás de Mattos
Jorge Majfud

See also
Latin American literature
List of Spanish-language poets
List of African writers by country

References

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