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

Colombia

• 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
• Magdalena León de Leal, sociologist and writer
• Jorge Isaacs
• Jaime Manrique, writer and painter
• Santiago Martínez Delgado, writer and painter
• 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

Peru

Venezuela

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 (1923–1996?)
• Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)
• Augusto de Campos (born 1931)
• Augusto de Lima (1859–1934)
• Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914)
• Autran Dourado (1926–2012)
• 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)
• Cruz e Sousa (1861–1898)
• 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 (1931–2024)
• 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 do Rio (1881–1921)
• João Gilberto Noll (1946–2017)
• 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 (1938–2021)
• Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–2022)
• Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
• Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)
• Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre (1777–1838)
• Márcio Souza (1946–2024)
• 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 (1937–2022)
• Nélson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
• Olavo Bilac (1865–1918)
• Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986)
• Osman Lins (1924–1978)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Pagu (1910–1962)
• 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 (1925–2020)
• Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941–2020)
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975)
• Sousândrade (1833–1902)
• Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819)
• Vladimir Herzog (1930–1975)
• Zélia Gattai (1916–2008)
• Ziraldo Alves Pinto (1932–2024)

Caribbean

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
• Ena Lucía Portela
• Pedro Pérez Sarduy
• Severo Sarduy
• Pedro Juan Gutiérrez

Dominican Republic

• Julia Alvarez
• Arambilet
• Juan Bosch
• Manuel del Cabral
• Aída Cartagena Portalatín
• Hilma Contreras
• Junot Díaz
• Carrión Grimes
• Pedro Henríquez Ureña
• Jeannette Miller
• Pedro Mir
• Salomé Ureña
• Geovanny Vicente

Haiti

• Edwidge Danticat
• René Depestre
• Roger Dorsinville
• Franck Étienne
• Frédéric Marcelin
• Félix Morisseau-Leroy
• Justin Lhérisson
• Jacques Roumain

Puerto Rico

Central America

Costa Rica

• Joaquín García Monge
• Carmen Naranjo
• Oscar Núñez Oliva

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 Ángel Asturias (1899–1974), Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1967)
• Marco Antonio Flores (1937–2013)
• Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003)

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)
• 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

• 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

Rioplatenses

Argentina

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

• Delmira Agustini
• Mario Benedetti
• Matilde Bianchi
• María de Montserrat
• Marosa di Giorgio
• Eduardo Galeano
• Julio Herrera y Reissig
• Jorge Majfud
• Leo Maslíah
• Tomás de Mattos
• Jesús Moraes
• Juan Carlos Onetti
• Emilio Oribe
• Teresa Porzecanski
• Mercedes Rein
• José Enrique Rodó
• Cristina Peri Rossi
• Horacio Quiroga
• Armonía Somers
• Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

See also

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

References