This is a list of writers, including novelists, essayists, poets,

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s, and journalists, who were born in Spain or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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* Iñaki Abad (born 1963), novelist and journalist * Silvia Agüero (born 1985), Roma feminist writer and human rights activist * Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833–1891), novelist * Rafael Alberti (1902–1999), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1983) * Vicente Alberti y Vidal (1786–1859), writer * José Alcalá Galiano (1843–1919), writer, poet and

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* Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606), poet * Ignacio Aldecoa (1925–1969), novelist and poet * Mateo Alemán (1547–c. 1609), novelist * Vicente Aleixandre (1888–1984), poet, Nobel Prize laureate (1977) * Florina Alías (1921-1999), writer * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1978) * Núria Añó (b. 1973), novelist and biographer * Tomás de Añorbe y Corregel (1686–1741), playwright and poet * Jerónimo de Arbolanche (1546–1572), writer * Juan de Arguijo (1567–1623), writer, poet and musician during the

Spanish Golden Age The Spanish Golden Age ( es, Siglo de Oro, links=no , "Golden Century") is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise of the Spanish Empire under the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish H ...

* Juan Ariza (1816–1876), Romantic novelist, poet, and playwright * Raimon Arola (born 1956), art historian specializing in sacred symbolism and hermetic tradition * Alfonso Clemente de Arostegui y Cañavate (1698–1774), Catholic bishop, writer, lawyer, and diplomat * Francisco Asensi (1936–2013), religious writer * Francisco Ayala (1906–2009), novelist, Cervantes Prize laureate (1991) * Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco (1801–1873), writer and editor * Azorín (José Martínez Ruiz) (1863–1967), journalist, poet, novelist and essayist

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* Frutos Baeza (1861–1918), poet and writer in the Murcian dialect * Gaspar de Baeza (1540–1569), humanist, lawyer, translator and writer known during the

* Ricardo Baeza Durán (1890–1956) * Rafael Balanzat y Baranda (1820–1854), writer and military man * Andrés Baquero (1853–1916), teacher, researcher, and writer * Elia Barceló (born 1957), writer * Juan Barcia Caballero (1852–1926), Spanish physician and writer * Pío Baroja (1872–1956), novelist of the Generation of '98 * Pedro Barrantes (1850–1912), writer, journalist * Joaquín Bastús (1799–1873), writer and pedagogue * Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870),

romantic Romantic may refer to: Genres and eras * The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries ** Romantic music, of that era ** Romantic poetry, of that era ** Romanticism in science, of that e ...

poet and tale writer * Diego Beltrán Hidalgo (17th century), poet and critic * Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954), dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (1922) * Francisco Bermúdez de Pedraza (1585–1655), writer, jurist and historian * Joan Binimelis (1538–1616), scientist and writer * Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928), novelist, wrote '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1916) * Isidoro Bosarte (1747–1807), historian and writer * Vicente Botín, journalist * Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916–2000), playwright of the

Generation of '36 The Generation of '36 ( es, Generación del 36) is the name given to a group of Spanish artists, poets and playwrights who were working about the time of the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939). The Generation of '36 was a literary movement that suff ...

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* Cabret (late 14th century), translator * Javier Cacho Gomez (born 1952), scientific writer and novelist * Fernando Cagigal (1756–1824), poet and playwright * Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), playwright and poet of the

* Luis Carandell Robusté (1929–2002), journalist and writer * Manuel Casal (1751–1837), poet and polymath * Félix Casanova de Ayala (1915–1990), poet * Francisco Cascales (1564–1642), humanist and writer * Alejandro Casona (1903–1965) * Abraham Castanho, (mid 17th century), poet * José Manuel Castañón (1920–2001), novelist and essayist * Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), romanticist and poet * Juan Francisco de Castro Fernández (1721–1790), priest, lawyer and writer * José Carlos Cataño (born 1954), poet * José Joaquín Casasús (1733–1822), writer * Camilo José Cela (1916–2002), novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (1989) * Pancracio Celdrán (1942–2019), academic and journalist * Francisco Cerdá y Rico (1739–1800), humanist, jurist and writer * Francisco Cerecedo (1940–1977), journalist * Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), novelist, poet and playwright, author of '' Don Quixote'' * Clarín (Leopoldo Alas) (1852–1901), novelist * Gerónimo de la Concepción (1642–1698), writer * Andrés del Corral (1748–1818), writer and archeologist * Javier Cosnava (born 1971), novelist * Eusebio Cuerno de la Cantolla (1850–1922), journalist and businessman

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* Filomena Dato (1856-1926), feminist, writer * Pedro Víctor Debrigode (1914–1982), novelist * Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), novelist, Cervantes Prize laureate (1993) *

Demófilo Antonio Machado Álvarez, better known by his pseudonym Demófilo (Santiago de Compostela, 1848 – Seville, 4 February 1893), was a writer, anthropologist, and Spanish folklorist. He was the son of the noted Spanish folklorist, Cipriana Álvar ...

(1848–1893) * Agustín Díaz Pacheco (born 1953), journalist and novelist * Gerardo Diego (1896–1987), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1979) * Rafael Dieste (1899–1981) * María Magdalena Domínguez (1922-2021), poet * María Dueñas (born 1964)

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* José Echegaray (1832–1916), dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (1904) * Francisco de Enciso Zárate, (?–1570), writer of chivalric romance novels * Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán (1569–c. 1644), playwright of the

* Antonio Escohotado (1941–2021), philosopher and essayist * Juan Escoiquiz (1762–1820), ecclesiastic, politician and writer * Vicente Espinel (1550–1624), poet and novelist * José de Espronceda (1808–1842), romantic poet * Cristina Fernández Cubas (born 1945), novelist and short story writer * César Fernández García (born 1967), novelist * Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet * Pastora Filigrana (born 1981), non-fiction writer, columnist

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* José María Gabriel y Galán (1870–1905), poet * Antonio Gala (born 1930), poet, dramatist and novelist * Rafael Gambra Ciudad (1920–2004), philosopher and author * Gabriel García-Badell (1936–1994), writer * Juan García Hortelano (1928–1992) * María Esther García López (born, 1948), poet and writer; president, Asturias Writers Association * Vincent García de la Huerta (1734–1787), dramatist, poet, and critic * Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), poet and dramatist of the Generation of '27 * Ignacio García Malo (1760–1812), playwright, translator, and writer * Luis García San Miguel (1929–2006), jurist and author * Juan Givanel (1868–1946), philologist and literary critic * Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888–1963), writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator * Luis de Góngora (1561–1627), lyric poet considered to be among the most prominent Spanish poets of all time * Beremundo González Rodríguez (1909–1986), Galician writer and politician * Enriqueta González Rubín (1832-1877), Asturian writer * Juan Goyanarte (1900–1955), editor and writer * Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658), Baroque prose writer and philosopher * Josep Guijarro Triadó (born 1967), writer and journalist * Jorge Guillén (1893–1984), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1976), four-time Nobel Prize nominee * Miguel Hernández (1910–1942), poet * Carla Herrero (born 1994), writer, blogger * Juan López de Hoyos (1511–1583), Renaissance author

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* Antonio Iturbe (born 1967), journalist, professor, and editor * Juan Antonio de Iza Zamácola (1756–1826), journalist, historian and writer * Pablo de Jérica (1781–1841), writer and journalist * Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958), poet, Nobel Prize laureate (1956) * John of the Cross (1542–1591), mystic poet * Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744–1811), major figure of the Spanish Age of Enlightenment, philosopher, statesman, poet and essayist * Robert Juan-Cantavella (born 1976), novelist and editor * Jon Juaristi (born 1951), poet and essayist * Juana Teresa Juega López (1885-1979), poet * Use Lahoz (born 1976), novelist * Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837), literary journalist * Fray Luis de León (1527–1591), poet of the

* Antonio F. Lera (born 1952), writer, translator, journalist, and publisher * Julio Llamazares (born 1955), poet, novelist and journalist * Jorge Llopis (1919–1976), satirist and playwright * Francisco de Paula López de Castro (1771–1827), Neoclassical poet and writer

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* Antonio Machado (1875–1939), leading poet of the Generation of '98 * Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978), essayist and two-time Nobel Prize nominee * César Mallorquí (born 1953) * José Mallorquí Figuerola (1913–1972) * Pedro Malón de Chaide (1530–1589), religious author * Jorge Manrique (1440–1479), major Castilian poet * Manuel Mantero (born 1930), poet and literary critic * José María Díaz (1813–1888),

Romantic Romantic may refer to: Genres and eras * The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries ** Romantic music, of that era ** Romantic poetry, of that era ** Romanticism in science, of that e ...

journalist and playwright * Salvador María Granés (1840–1911), journalist and author of comic theatre * Francisco Mariano Nipho (1719–1803), writer and journalist * Javier Marías (1951–2022), novelist and translator * Ferrán Marín Ramos (born 1974), writer in Aragonese, Catalan and Spanish * Manuel Marliani Cassens (1795–1873), writer, diplomat, and politician * Juan Marquez (1565–1621), ascetic writer * Juan Marsé (1933–2020), novelist and Cervantes prize laureate * Rossend Marsol Clua (1922–2006), journalist and writer * Alfons Marti (born 1968), writer * Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000), novelist, essayist, and author of short stories * Pablo Martín Asuero (born 1967), academic in Oriental studies * Francisco Martínez Motiño * Manuel Martínez Barrionuevo (1857–1917), poet and writer * Pedro Luis Martínez Larriba (born 1946), playwright * Augusto Martínez Olmedilla] (1880–1965), novelist and journalist * Joanot Martorell, Joanot Martorell (1413–1468), author of the first

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

, '' Tirant lo Blanc'' (1490) * Juan Francisco Masdeu,

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historian * Juan María Maury (1772–1845), writer Patricia Mayayo (born 1967), art historian * Gonçal Mayos Solsona (born 1957), philosopher and essayist * Fernando Rodríguez Méndez, journalist and novelist * Ramón Mendezona Roldán (1913–2001), journalist * Rodrigo Méndez Silva (1606–1670), historian, genealogist, geographer and writer * Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943), novelist and Cervantes prize laureate * Juan González Mesa (born 1975) * Agustín Millares Sall (1917–1989), poet * Juan Millé Giménez (1884–1945), writer and professor of literature * Domingo Miras (1934–2022), dramatist * José Manuel Mójica Legarre (born 1955), writer * Tirso de Molina (1571–1648), playwright * Gaspar de Molina y Zaldívar (1741–1806), architect, painter, poet and writer * Francisco Antonio de Monteser (c. 1620–1668), dramatist of the

] * Francisco Morales Lomas, Francisco Morales Lomas (b.1957), poet * Agustín Moreto y Cavana (1618–1661), dramatist and playwright * José Luis Munárriz (1752–1830), literary critic, translator and writer * Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel (born 1974), novelist

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* Ramón Ortega y Frías (1825–1883), writer * José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), essayist * José Ovejero (born 1958), novelist, essayist and poet * Juan Lorenzo Obras se Palmireno (1514/1524–1579/1580), playwright and educator * Constanza Ossorio (1595–1637), poet and writer * Carmelo Palomino Kayser (1952–2000), poet * Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921), writer of prose and poetry who introduced naturalism and feminist ideas to Spanish literature * Jerónimo de Pasamonte (1553–after 1605), writer during the

* Paul Pen (born 1979), author of literary fiction, thriller and suspense * Andrés Pascual (born 1969), novelist * Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), realist novelist considered by some to be second only to Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist * Narcisa Pérez Reoyo (1849-1876), writer * Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951), best-selling novelist and journalist, member of the

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* Marta Pessarrodona (born 1941), poet, literary critic, essayist, biographer * Francisco Pi y Arsuaga (1865–1912) * Francesc Pi i Margall (1824–1901), romanticist writer who was briefly president of the short-lived First Spanish Republic * Berta Piñán (born 1963), writer, poet, politician * Francisco de Pisa (1534–1616), Spanish historian and writer * José Antonio Porcel (1715–1794), poet and writer * Miguel de Portilla y Esquivel (1660–1732), writer * Gervasio Posadas (1962), novelist * Santiago Posteguillo (born 1967), novelist * Luz Pozo Garza (1922-2020), poet * Núria Pradas (born 1954), Spanish philologist and writer *

Isabel Prieto de Landázuri Isabel Ángela Prieto González Bango (1 March 1833 – 28 September 1876), better known as Isabel Prieto de Landázuri, was a Spanish poet and dramatist, considered "one of the first women to enter the literary canon of Mexico in the 19th century ...

(1833–1876), poet and dramatist * James Prohens (1911–2007), Spanish-American poet * Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645), novelist, essayist and poet, master of

Conceptism ''Conceptismo'' (literally, conceptism) is a literary movement of the Baroque period in the Spanish literature. It began in the late 16th century and lasted through the 17th century, also the period of the Spanish Golden Age. ''Conceptismo'' is ch ...

* Eduardo Quiles (born 1940), playwright and writer * Raúl Quinto (born 1978), poet and essayist

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* Juan Antonio Ramírez Domínguez (1948–2009), essayist * Manuel Ramírez Fernández de Córdoba (1948–2007), journalist * Miguel del Rey Vicente, military historian * José Amador de los Ríos (1818–1878) historian, archaeologist, art and literature * David Roas (born 1965), short story writer and critic * Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961), writer, translator * Pepe Rodríguez (born 1953) * Rafael Rodríguez Mohedano (1725–1787), historian and writer * Fernando de Rojas (1465–1541), novelist, author of '' La Celestina'' (1499) * Carlos Rojas Vila (1928–2020) * Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (1607–1660), dramatist * Luis Romero (1916–2009) * Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639), dramatist * Víctor Ruiz Iriarte (1912–1982), dramatist * Carlos Ruiz Zafón (born 1964), best-selling novelist

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* Luis Sáenz de la Calzada (1912–1994), poet * Pedro Salinas (1891–1951), poet * Félix María Samaniego (1745–1801) * Manuel Sánchez Cuesta (born 1942), philosopher * Agustín Sánchez Vidal (born 1948), novelist * Fernando Sánchez Dragó (born 1936) * Miguel de los Santos Álvarez (1818–1892), romantic writer * Marta Segarra (born 1963), philologist, university professor, and researcher * Ramón J. Sender (1901–1982), novelist and journalist * Manuel Siles Artés (1921–1984), writer * Antonio Soler (born 1956), novelist * Dolores Soler-Espiauba (born 1935), novelist

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* Diego Tadeo González (1733–1794), poet * Sofía Tartilán (1829-1888), novelist, essayist, journalist, editor * Enrique Tierno Galván (1918–1986), essayist and lawyer who served as Mayor of Madrid from 1979 to 1986 * Juan Tizón (1895–1945), writer and politician * Saulo Torón Navarro (1885–1974), poet * Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), novelist * Domingo Traggia (1744–1816), military academic, historian and writer * Juan Manuel Trujillo (1907–1976), essayist and publisher * Fernando Trujillo Sanz * Pablo Tusset (born 1965), novelist * Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936), Basque essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca * Chusé Raúl Usón, publisher and a Spanish writer in the Aragonese language

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* Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor (1737–1820), playwright, poet and journalist * Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), radical dramatist, novelist and member of the Generation of '98 * José Rafael Valles Calatrava (born 1957), academic author and professor * Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera Botas (1926–1990) *

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(born 1967), writer in Spanish * Diego Valverde Villena (born 1967), poet and essayist * Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa (born 1936), novelist * Alonso Vázquez (155?–1615) * Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), writer * Garcilaso de la Vega (1501–1536), Renaissance poet who was influential in introducing Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques, and themes to Spain * "''El Inca''" Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616), first ''

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'' author in Spanish language, known for his chronicles of Inca history * Félix Lope de Vega (1562–1635), one of the key literary figures of the

* José Miguel Vilar-Bou (born 1979), short story writer and novelist

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* Josep Yxart (1852–1895), writer and translator * María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1660), female novelist of the

, and one of the first Spanish feminist authors * José Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893), poet and dramatist, author of '' Don Juan Tenorio'' (1844)

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