This is a list of some of the most important writers from Latin America, organized by

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and nationality. The focus is on

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Andeans

Bolivia

* Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946), historian *

Matilde Casazola Matilde Casazola Mendoza (born February 19, 1942 in Sucre, Bolivia) is a Bolivian poet and songwriter who writes songs rooted in her country's musical traditions. Life and work She is the daughter of Juan Casazola Ugarte and Tula Mendoza Loza; gr ...

* 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 Pedro Shimose Kawamura (born 30 March 1940) is a poet, journalist, professor and essayist from Bolivia. He has been based in Madrid, Spain since 1971. Shimose is considered one of Bolivia's most notable poets. Biography Shimose was born in 1 ...

* 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 Gonzalo Arango Arias (Andes, Antioquia, 1931 – Gachancipá, Cundinamarca, 1976) was a Colombian writer, poet, and journalist. In 1958 he led a modern literary and cultural movement known as Nadaísmo (Nothing-''ism''), inspired by surr ...

, poet and novelist * Helena Araújo * Porfirio Barba-Jacob *

Andrés Caicedo Luis Andrés Caicedo Estela (29 September 1951 – 4 March 1977) was a Colombian writer born in Cali, the city where he would spend most of his life. Despite his premature death, his works are considered to be some of the most original produce ...

* James Cañón * Tomás Carrasquilla * Germán Castro Caycedo *

Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one ...

, Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1982) * Adolfo León Gómez, poet * León de Greiff * Magdalena León de Leal, sociologist and writer * Jorge Isaacs *

Jaime Manrique Jaime Manrique (born 16 June 1949) is a bilingual Colombian American novelist, poet, essayist, educator, and translator. His work is a representation of his cultural upbringing and heritage mixed with the flavors of his education in English. A pri ...

, writer and painter *

Santiago Martínez Delgado Santiago Martínez Delgado (1906–1954) was a Colombian painter, sculptor, art historian and writer. He established a reputation as a prominent muralist during the 1940s and is also known for his watercolors, oil paintings, illustrations and w ...

, writer and painter *

Álvaro Mutis Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (August 25, 1923 – September 22, 2013) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence '' The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll'', which revolves around the character ...

* Rafael Pombo * Laura Restrepo González *

José Eustasio Rivera José Eustasio Rivera Salas (February 19, 1888 – December 1, 1928) was a Colombian lawyer and author primarily known for his national epic ''The Vortex''. Early life José Eustasio Rivera was born on February 19, 1888 in Aguas Calientes, a ha ...

* Daniel Samper Pizano * José Asunción Silva *

Guillermo Valencia Guillermo Valencia Castillo (October 29, 1873 in Popayán, Colombia – July 8, 1943 in Popayán) was a Colombian poet, translator, and politician. Valencia was a pioneer of Modernism in Colombia and a member of the Colombian Conservative ...

Fernando Vallejo Fernando Vallejo Rendón (born 1942 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian-born novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He obtained Mexican nationality in 2007. Biography Vallejo was born and raised in Medellín, though he left his hometown early in l ...

* José María Vargas Vila

Ecuador

Peru

Venezuela

Brazil

Adalgisa Nery Adalgisa Nery (October 29, 1905 – June 7, 1980) was a Brazilian poet, journalist and politician. Biography She was born in Rio de Janeiro as Adalgisa Maria Feliciana Noel Cancela Ferreira, the daughter of a civil servant. In 1922 she ma ...

(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 Alcantara, Alcântara (Portuguese), Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah and (El) Kantara are all transliterations of the Arabic word ''al qantara'' (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge". Alcantara may refer to: People * A ...

(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 Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was a Brazilian Romantic poet, short story writer, playwright and essayist, considered to b ...

(1831–1852) * Ana Cristina César (1952–1983) *

Ana Maria Machado Ana Maria Machado (born 24 December 1941) is a Brazilian writer of children's books, one of the most significant alongside Lygia Bojunga Nunes and Ruth Rocha. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasti ...

(born 1941) *

Ana Miranda Ana Miranda is a Brazilian poet and novelist born in Fortaleza, Ceará in 1951. She grew up in Brasilia and has lived in Rio de Janeiro since 1969. Her main work of note has been historical, including her award-winning 1989 novel ''A Boca do I ...

(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 José Basílio da Gama (April 10, 1740 – July 31, 1795) was a Portuguese poet and member of the Society of Jesus, born in the colony of Brazil, famous for the epic poem '' O Uraguai''. He wrote under pen name Termindo Sipílio. He is patron of t ...

(1741–1795) * Bernardo Guimarães (1825–1884) * Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926) * Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914–1977) *

Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos Drummond de Andrade () (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his wi ...

(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) * Dias Gomes (1922–1999) * Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975) *

Euclides da Cunha Euclides da Cunha (, January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most important work is '' Os Sertões'' (''Rebellion in the Backlands''), a non-fictional account of the military expeditions ...

(1866–1909) * Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972) * Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016) * Gilberto Mendonça Teles (born 1931) * Gonçalves de Magalhães (1811–1882) * Graça Aranha (1868–1931) *

Graciliano Ramos Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira () (October 27, 1892 – March 20, 1953) was a Brazilian modernist writer, politician and journalist. He is known worldwide for his portrayal of the precarious situation of the poor inhabitants of the Brazilian ''sert� ...

(1892–1953) * Gregório de Matos (1636–1696) * Gustavo Dourado (born 1960) *

Haroldo de Campos Haroldo Eurico Browne de Campos (19 August 1929 – 16 August 2003) was a Brazilian poet, critic, professor and translator. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Brazilian literature since 1950. Biography He did his secon ...

(1929–2003) * Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985) *

Hilda Hilst Hilda Hilst (April 21, 1930 – February 4, 2004) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. She is lauded as one of the most important Portuguese-language authors of the twentieth century. Her work touches on the themes of mysticism, insanit ...

(1930–2004) * João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999) * João da Cruz e Sousa (1861–1898) * João do Rio (1881–1921) * João Gilberto Noll (1946–2017) *

João Guimarães Rosa João Guimarães Rosa (; 27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer and diplomat. Rosa only wrote one novel, '' Grande Sertão: Veredas'' (known in English as ''The Devil to Pay in the Backlands''), a revoluti ...

(1908–1967) *

João Simões Lopes Neto João Simões Lopes Neto (March 9, 1865 – June 14, 1916) was a Brazilian regionalist writer from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. After some unsuccessful business ventures, Neto married at 27. He only wrote four significant works, but never ...

(1865–1916) * João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014) * Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882) *

Jorge Amado Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in ...

(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 (born 1923) *

Machado de Assis Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, ''Machado,'' or ''Bruxo do Cosme Velho''Vainfas, p. 505. (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short sto ...

(1839–1908) *

Manuel Bandeira Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho (April 19, 1886 – October 13, 1968) was a Brazilian poet, literary critic, and translator, who wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose. Life and career Bandeira was born in Recife, Pernambuco. In 190 ...

(1886–1968) * Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre (1777–1838) * Márcio Souza (born 1946) * Mário de Andrade (1893–1945) * Mario Quintana (1906–1994) *

Martins Pena Luís Carlos Martins Pena (November 5, 1815 – December 7, 1848) was a Brazilians, Brazilian playwright, famous for introducing to Brazil the "comedy of manners", winning the epithet of "the Brazilian Molière". He is patron of the 29th chair o ...

(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 (born 1937) * Nélson Rodrigues (1912–1980) *

Olavo Bilac Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member o ...

(1865–1918) * Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986) *

Osman Lins Osman Lins (July 5, 1924 – July 8, 1978) was a Brazilian novelist and short story writer. He is considered to be one of the leading innovators of Brazilian literature in the mid 20th century. Lins was born in Vitória de Santo Antão, Perna ...

(1924–1978) * Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954) * Pagu (1910–1962) *

Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho de Souza (, ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel ''The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller and he has published 28 more book ...

(born 1947) * Paulo Leminski (1944–1989) *

Paulo Lins Paulo is a Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, and Italian masculine given name equivalent to English Paul. Notable people with the name include: * Paulo Jr. *Paulo Jr. (footballer) * Paulo Almeida, Brazilian footballer * Paulo André Cren Benini (born ...

(born 1958) * Pedro Bloch (1914–2004) * Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003) *

Raul Pompéia Raul d'Ávila Pompeia (April 12, 1863 – December 25, 1895) was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer and chronicler. He is famous for the Impressionist romance ''O Ateneu''. He is patron of the 33rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. ...

(1863–1895) * Rubem Braga (1913–1990) * Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020) *

Sérgio Sant'Anna Sérgio Sant'Anna (30 October 1941 – 10 May 2020) was a Brazilian writer, born in Rio de Janeiro. Life He wrote poems, plays, short stories, novellas and novels. His works have been translated to German and Italian. His works are heavily meta ...

(1941–2020) * Socorro Acioli (born 1975) * Sousândrade (1833–1902) * Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819) *

Vladimir Herzog Vladimir Herzog (27 June 1937 – 25 October 1975), nicknamed Vlado (a usual Croatian abbreviation for the name Vladimir) by his family and friends,Freitas, Daelcio"Jornalista morto pelo regime militar: Vladimir Herzog" UOL Educação was a Brazil ...

(1930–1975) * Zélia Gattai (1916–2008) * Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born 1932)

Caribbean

Cuba

* Reinaldo Arenas * Guillermo Cabrera Infante * Alejo Carpentier *

Daína Chaviano Daína Chaviano () (born 19 February 1957, Havana)Profile
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* Julián del Casal * Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda *

Nicolás Guillén Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 17 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.

* José María Heredia *

José Lezama Lima José María Andrés Fernando Lezama Lima (December 19, 1910 – August 9, 1976) was a Cuban writer, poet and essayist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Cuban and Latin American literature. His novel ''Paradiso'' is one of ...

José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the libera ...

* Heberto Padilla * Virgilio Piñera * Ena Lucía Portela * Pedro Pérez Sarduy * Severo Sarduy * Pedro Juan Gutiérrez

Dominican Republic

Julia Alvarez Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels ''How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), '' In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo!'' ...

Arambilet Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez (born September 16, 1957), generally known professionally as simply Arambilet, is a novelist, poet, screenwriter, painter, graphic artist A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graph ...

* Juan Bosch * Manuel del Cabral * Aída Cartagena Portalatín *

Hilma Contreras Hilma Contreras Castillo (December 8, 1913 – January 15, 2006) was a Dominican Republic, Dominican writer, born in San Francisco de Macorís. She was educated in Paris, France, Paris, where she studied French and English, as well as literatur ...

Junot Díaz Junot Díaz (; born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican-American writer, creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and was fiction editor at '' Boston Review''. He also serves on the board of advisers for Freed ...

* Pedro Henríquez Ureña * Jeannette Miller *

Pedro Mir Pedro Julio Mir Valentín (3 June 1913, San Pedro de Macorís – 11 July 2000, Santo Domingo) was Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent po ...

* Salomé Ureña *

Geovanny Vicente Geovanny Vicente-Romero is a Dominican political strategist, lawyer, columnist, international consultant and university professor who teaches strategic communications at Columbia University as an associate lecturer. He specializes in public poli ...

Haiti

* Edwidge Danticat * René Depestre * Roger Dorsinville * Franck Étienne *

Frédéric Marcelin Frédéric Marcelin (1848–1917) was a Haitian writer and politician. Born in Port-au-Prince, Marcelin was best known for the three novels ''Marilisse'' (1903), ''La Vengeance de Mama'' (1902), and ''Thémistocle Epaminondas Labasterre'' (1901). ...

* Félix Morisseau-Leroy * Justin Lhérisson *

Jacques Roumain Jacques Roumain (June 4, 1907 – August 18, 1944) was a Haitian writer, politician, and advocate of Marxism. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. The African-American poet, Langston Hughes, translated some of ...

Puerto Rico

Central America

Costa Rica

* Joaquín García Monge *

Carmen Naranjo Carmen Naranjo Coto (January 30, 1928 – January 4, 2012) was a Costa Rican novelist, poet and essayist. She was a recipient of the . Life Naranjo was born in Cartago, the capital city of the Cartago Province. She received her primary education ...

Oscar Núñez Oliva Oscar Núñez Olivas (born May 21, 1955 in San José) is a Costa Rican journalist and author. He has published four novels in Spanish, the first of which, ''El Teatro Circular'' (1997) won the Latin America Novel Prize of Editorial Universitar ...

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 Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (; October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Asturias helped establish Latin American literature's contribution to mainstream W ...

(1899–1974), Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1967) *

Marco Antonio Flores Marco Antonio Flores (March 23, 1937 – July 26, 2013) was a Guatemalan author, poet, essayist, journalist and professor. His published works include the collections of poetry ''La voz acumulada'' (1964), ''Muros de luz'' (1968), ''La derrota ...

(1937–2013) * Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003)

Honduras

Óscar Acosta Óscar Acosta Zeledón (14 April 1933 – 15 July 2014) was a Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat. Biography He was born in the Las Delicias neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on 14 April 1933. Acosta began his career as ...

(1933–2014), poet and critic * Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966), novelist and journalist *

Eduardo Bähr Eduardo Bähr (born 1940 in Tela, Honduras) is a Honduran writer, scriptwriter and actor. In 1996, along with Mexico's Octavio Paz, Spain's Rafael Alberti, and Nicaragua's Ernesto Cardenal, he was one of 50 intellectuals awarded the Gabriela Mi ...

(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 Tomás Borge Martínez (13 August 1930 – 30 April 2012), often spelled as Thomas Borge in United States newspapers) was a cofounder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua and was Interior Minister of Nicaragua during one of th ...

(1930–2012), writer, poet, and essayist * Omar Cabezas (born 1950), writer *

Ernesto Cardenal Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived fo ...

(1925–2020), poet * Blanca Castellón (born 1958), poet *

José Coronel Urtecho José Coronel Urtecho (28 February 1906 – 19 March 1994) was a Nicaraguan poet, translator, essayist, critic, narrator, playwright, diplomat and historian. He has been described as "the most influential Nicaraguan thinker of the twentieth centu ...

(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 Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

" * Karly Gaitán Morales (born 1980), film historian, and writer. *

Salomón Ibarra Mayorga Salomón Ibarra Mayorga (September 8, 1887 – October 2, 1985) was a Nicaraguan poet, political thinker, and the lyricist of "Salve a ti, Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national anthem. His poetry is simple, expressive, musical in quality, and patrio ...

(1887–1985), poet and lyricist of "Salve a ti, Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national anthem * Erwin Krüger (1915–1973), poet and composer *

Francisco Mayorga Francisco Mayorga (Born in 1949 in León, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan economist and writer who specializes in international finance and economic development. For twenty years he taught managerial economics and corporate finance at INCAE, the lead ...

(born 1949), writer *

Christianne Meneses Jacobs Christianne Meneses Jacobs (born March 28, 1971) is a Nicaraguan American writer, editor, and teacher. She is the publisher of ''Iguana;'' a Spanish language magazine for children. Nicaragua (1971–1988) Christianne Meneses Jacobs was born in ...

(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 Arlen Siu Bermúdez (15 July 1955 – 1 August 1975), was a singer-songwriter, essayist and Sandinista revolutionary, who became one of the first casualties during the insurrection against Somoza. Her death at an early age, made her a local cele ...

(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 María Olimpia de Obaldía (9 September 1891 – 14 August 1985), was a Panamanian poet. Biography The daughter of Manuel del Rosario Miranda and Felipa Rovira, she was born in Dolega, Chiriquí. She studied at the Escuela Normal de Institutoras ...

Ricardo Miró Ricardo Miró Denis (November 5, 1883 in Panama City, Panama – March 2, 1940), was a Panamanian writer and is considered to be the most noteworthy poet of this country. He traveled to Bogotá at the age of fifteen to study painting, but was forc ...

, poet * José Luis Rodríguez Pittí, writer and photographer

Mexico

Rioplatenses

Argentina

Paraguay

Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 19 May 1944) is a contemporary Paraguayan poet and novelist. She is Secretary General of the Board of Governors of the twenty-member Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española. Her novel ''Los nudos del silencio ...

(born 1944) *

José Ricardo Mazó José Ricardo Mazó (Pilar, 1927- Asunción, 1987), the Paraguayan poet, was born in Pilar, in the department of Ñeembucúbr> He was a member of the Literary Academy of theCollege of San Joséand of the Paraguayan Academia Universitaria. After ...

(1927–1987) *

Josefina Pla Josefina is a female name, a feminine form of Joseph. It may refer to: *Josefina Passadori, Argentine writer * Josefina Lopez, Chicana playwright * Josefina Pla, Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist *Josefina Ayerza, writer ...

(1909–1999) * José María Rivarola Matto (1909–1999) * Augusto Roa Bastos

Uruguay

* Delmira Agustini * Mario Benedetti * Matilde Bianchi *

María de Montserrat María de Montserrat Albareda (August 4, 1913 – August 23, 1995) was a Uruguayan writer who was a member of Generación del 45. Biography Together with Paulina Medeiros, Armonía Somers, Clara Silva and Selva Márquez, Montserrat was one of ...

* Marosa di Giorgio * Eduardo Galeano *

Julio Herrera y Reissig Julio Herrera y Reissig (January 9, 1875 – March 18, 1910) was a Uruguayan poet, playwright and essayist, who began his career during the late Romanticist period and later became an early proponent of Modernism. Background He was the son ...

* Jorge Majfud *

Leo Maslíah Leo Maslíah (born 1954) is a Uruguayan musician, humorist and writer. Born in 1954 in Montevideo, he started writing and composing in 1978, usually with a touch of humour. After a considerable success in the Uruguayan ''underground'' movement ...

Tomás de Mattos Tomás de Mattos Hernández (October 14, 1947 – March 21, 2016) was a Uruguayan writer and librarian. Being from Tacuarembó, de Mattos was one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers from the north of the country. As a libraria ...

Jesús Moraes Jesús Moraes, (born 1955 in Bella Unión, Artigas Department), is an Uruguayan writer, who specializes in short stories. Subject and nature of writings As a Spanish-language 'cuentista', Moraes's writings regularly feature fantasy, religion, and ...

* Juan Carlos Onetti * Emilio Oribe *

Mercedes Rein Mercedes Rein (19 November 1930 – 31 December 2006) was a Uruguayan writer, translator, and dramatist. Biography Mercedes Rein was a Professor of Literature in Secondary Education. In 1955 she earned a travel scholarship to the University of Ha ...

José Enrique Rodó José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñeyro (15 July 1871 – 1 May 1917) was a Uruguayan essayist. He cultivated an epistolary relationship with important Hispanic thinkers of that time, Leopoldo Alas (Clarín) in Spain, José de la Riva-Agüero in ...

* Cristina Peri Rossi *

Horacio Quiroga Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza (31 December 1878 – 19 February 1937) was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer. He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, used the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of m ...

* Armonía Somers * Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

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