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.

Andeans

Bolivia
  • Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946), historian
  • Matilde Casazola
  • Javier del Granado (1913–1996), poet
  • Alfonso Gumucio Dagron
  • Víctor Montoya
  • Edmundo Paz Soldán (born 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

Chile
Pablo Neruda

Colombia
Jorge Isaacs wrote María, one of the most influential 19th-century novels in Spanish

Ecuador
  • 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 (1926–2018)
  • Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973)
  • Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927)
  • Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795)
  • Euler Granda (1935–2018)
  • Fanny Carrión de Fierro, poet, essayist, professor
  • Francisco Arízaga Luque (1900–1964)
  • Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004)
  • Galo René Pérez (1923–2008)
  • 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 (1904–1995)
  • 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 (1931–2015)
  • 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

Venezuela
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 (1944–2019)
  • 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

Caribbean

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Puerto Rico

Central America

Costa Rica
Roque Dalton, El Salvador's best known poet

El Salvador
  • 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

Honduras
  • Óscar Acosta (1933–2014), poet and critic
  • Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966), novelist and journalist
  • Eduardo Bähr (born 1940)
  • Augusto Coello (1884–1941)
  • Julio Escoto (born 1944)
  • Oriel María Siu (born 1981)
  • 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 (1924–2018), poet, received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2006
  • Emilio Álvarez Lejarza (1884–1969), writer
  • Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1919–2014), political writer
  • Gioconda Belli (born 1948), poet
  • Tomás Borge (1930–2012), writer, poet, and essayist
  • Omar Cabezas (born 1950), writer
  • Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020), 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
  • 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
  • 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

Rioplatenses

Argentina
Julio Cortázar, one of the leaders of the Latin American boom

Paraguay
  • 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

See also

References
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