List of Latin American writers

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

Andes

Bolivia

• Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946), historian
• Matilde Casazola
• Javier del Granado (1913–1996), poet
• Víctor Montoya
• José Ignacio de Sanjinés (1786–1864), poet
• Alfonso Gumucio Dagron
• Jaime Sáenz (1921–1986), poet and novelist
• 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

Main article: List of Colombian writers

• 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
• 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
• León de Greiff

Ecuador

See also Ecuadorian writers

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Peru

Mario Vargas LLosa, 2010 Nobel Prize winner

Main article: List of Peruvian writers

• 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

Main article: List of Venezuelan writers

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Andrés Eloy Blanco

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Brazil

Main article: List of Brazilian writers

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Caribbean

Category:Caribbean writers

Cuba

Main article: List of Cuban writers

• 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
• Severo Sarduy
• Pedro Juan Gutiérrez

Dominican Republic

Category:Dominican Republic writers

See also Dominican Republic writers

• Julia Alvarez
• Arambilet
• Joaquín Balaguer
• 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

Main article: List of Puerto Rican writers

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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

See also: Honduran literature

• 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

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Ernesto Cardenal is a poet, Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Sandinista Regime.

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Karly Gaitán Morales is a Nicaraguan film historian and writer.

See also: List of Nicaraguan writers

• Claribel Alegría (born 1924), poet, she 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
• Moises Pascual, Poet

Mexico

Carlos Fuentes, one of the most internationally popular Mexican writers

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Southern Cone

Argentina

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

Main article: List of Argentine writers

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Chile

Category:Chilean writers

See also Chilean writers

Pablo Neruda

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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

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Mario Benedetti, a highly popular Uruguayan author and poet

Main article: List of Uruguayan writers

• 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