List of Latin American writers
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
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
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Andrés Eloy Blanco
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Brazil
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Caribbean
- Category:Caribbean writers
Cuba
Dominican Republic
- Category:Dominican Republic writers
- See also Dominican Republic writers
Haiti
- Category:Haitian writers
- See also Haitian writers
Puerto Rico
Central America
Costa Rica
Roque Dalton, El Salvador's best known poet
- Category:Costa Rican writers
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 (1916–1966), novelist and journalist
- Eduardo Bähr (born 1940)
- Augusto Coello (1884–1941)
- Julio Escoto (born 1944)
- Javier Abril Espinoza (born 1967)
- Lucila Gamero de Medina (1873–1964)
- Juan Ramón Molina (1875–1908), poet
- Leticia de Oyuela (1935–2008)
- Roberto Sosa (1930–2011), poet
- Juan Pablo Suazo Euceda (born 1972)
- Froylán Turcios (1874–1943)
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
Southern Cone
Argentina
Julio Cortázar, one of the leaders of the Latin American boom
Chile
- Category:Chilean writers
- See also Chilean writers
Pablo Neruda
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
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