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Argentina

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known b ...

(1899–1986) * Nemer ibn el Barud (1925–2010) *

Jacobo Fijman Jacobo Fijman (25 January 1898 – 1 December 1970) was an Argentine poet born in Orhei, Bessarabia, now in Moldova. He moved to Argentina with his parents in 1902. Raised in humble circumstances, Fijman was a highly intelligent child interested ...

(1898–1970) *

Juan Gelman Juan Gelman (3 May 1930 – 14 January 2014) was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. He was a naturalized citizen of Mexico, country where he arrived as a political exile of th ...

(1930–2014) * Oliverio Girondo (1891–1967) * José Hernández (1834–1886) * Roberto Juarroz (1925–1995) *

Leopoldo Lugones Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translator, biographer, philologist, theologian, diplomat, politician and journalist. His poetic ...

(1874–1938) * Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972) *

Alfonsina Storni Alfonsina Storni (22 May 1892 – 25 October 1938) was an Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period. Early life Storni was born on May 29, 1892 in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland. Her parents were Alfonso Storni and Paola Martignoni, who ...

(1892–1938)

Bolivia

* Jaime Saenz (1921–1986) *

Javier del Granado Don Francisco Javier del Granado y Granado (27 February 1913 – 15 May 1996), was a poet laureate and favorite son of Bolivia. Biography Born into an aristocratic family with a rich literary pedigree, he spent most of his youth on his family ...

(1913–1996)

Chile

* Miguel Arteche (1926–2012) *

Roberto Bolaño Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (; 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel ''Los detectives salvajes'' ('' The Savage Detectives ...

(1953–2003) * Sergio Badilla Castillo (born 1947) * Javier Campos (born 1947) * Oscar Hahn (born 1938) *

Vicente Huidobro Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández (; January 10, 1893 – January 2, 1948) was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He promoted the avant-garde literary movement in Chile and was the creator and greatest exponent of the literary m ...

(1893–1948) *

Víctor Jara Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, ran ...

(1932–1973) *

Enrique Lihn Enrique Lihn Carrasco (3 September 1929 – 10 July 1988) was a Chilean poet, playwright, and novelist. The son of Enrique Lihn Doll and María Carrasco Délano, he married Ivette Mingram (1932–2008). They had one daughter, the actress Andr ...

(1929–1988) * Patricio Manns (1937–2021) * Carmen Marai - born Carmen María Bassa *

Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. In 1945 she became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Li ...

- born Lucila Godoy, (1889–1957) Nobel laureate in 1945 * Pablo Neruda - born Neftalí Ricardo Reyes, (1904–1973) Nobel laureate in 1971 *

Nicanor Parra Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean poet and physicist. He was considered one of the most influential Chilean poets of the Spanish language in the 20th century, often compared with Pablo Neruda. P ...

(1914–2018) * Carlos Pezoa Véliz (1879–1908) * Mauricio Redolés (born 1953) * Gonzalo Rojas (1917–2011) *

Pablo de Rokha Pablo de Rokha (born Carlos Ignacio Díaz Loyola; 17 October 1894 – 10 September 1968) was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean Premio Nacional de Literatura (National Literature Prize) in 1965 and is counted among the four greats of Chilean ...

- born Carlos Díaz Loyola (1894–1968) *

David Rosenmann-Taub David Rosenmann-Taub (born May 3, 1927 in Santiago) is a Chilean poet, musician, and artist. His precocious talent in both literature and music was recognized and encouraged by his father, a polyglot, and his mother, a virtuoso pianist. She beg ...

(born 1927) *

Daniel de la Vega Daniel de la Vega (30 June 1892 – 29 July 1971) was a Chilean journalist, poet, playwright, chronicler, and novelist. De la Vega was born in Quilpué (now part of Greater Valparaiso) into an educated family who instilled in him a love ...

(1892–1971)

Colombia

Porfirio Barba Jacob Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez (July 29, 1883 – January 14, 1942), better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer. Born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia, to parents Antonio María Osorio and Pastora B ...

(1883–1942) *

Jorge Isaacs Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (April 1, 1837 – April 17, 1895) was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, '' María'', became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish-language literature. Biography His f ...

Rafael Pombo José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo (November 7, 1833 – May 5, 1912) was a Colombian poet born in Bogotá. Trained as a mathematician and an engineer in a military school, Rafael Pombo served in the army and he traveled to the United States of Ame ...

José Asunción Silva José Asunción Silva (27 November 1865 in Bogotá – 23 May 1896 in Bogotá) was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Latin American Modernismo. Life Born to a wealthy and educated Bogotá family, Asunción Silva led ...

(1865–1896) *

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 ...

(1927–2014) Nobel Laureate 1982 * Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933)

Cuba

* Mariano Brull *

Julián del Casal José Julián Herculano del Casal y de la Lastra (November 7, 1863 – October 21, 1893) was a poet from Havana, Cuba. He started his writing career at a young age and later in life was known as an important forebearer of modernistic expression ...

(1863–1893) *

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (March 23, 1814 – February 1, 1873) was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer. Born in Puerto Príncipe, now Camagüey, she lived in Cuba until she was 22. Her family moved to Spain in 1836, where s ...

(1814–1873) *

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.

(1902–1989) *

Pedro Juan Gutiérrez Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (born 27 January 1950, in Matanzas, Cuba) is a Cuban novelist. He grew up in Pinar del Río and began to work selling ice cream and newspapers when he was eleven years old. He was a soldier, swimming and kayak instructor, ...

(born 1950) * 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 ...

(1910–1976) *

Dulce María Loynaz Dulce María Loynaz Muñoz (Havana, Cuba; 10 December 1902 – 27 April 1997) was a Cuban poet, and is considered one of the principal figures of Cuban literature. She was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1992. She earned her Doctorate ...

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 ...

(1853–1895) *

Nancy Morejón Nancy Morejón (born 1944 in Havana) is a Cuban poet, critic, and essayist. She was a recipient of the Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award. She is "the best known and most widely translated woman poet of post-revolutionary Cuba". Biograp ...

(born 1944) *

Virgilio Piñera Virgilio Piñera Llera ( Cárdenas, Cuba, August 4, 1912 – Havana, October 18, 1979) was a Cuban author, playwright, poet, short story writer, essayist and translator. His most notorious works are the poem ''La isla en peso'' (1943), the collec ...

(1912–1979) *

Roberto Fernández Retamar Roberto Fernández Retamar (9 June 1930 – 20 July 2019, Havana) was a Cuban poet, essayist, literary critic and President of the Casa de las Américas. In his role as President of the organization, Fernández also served on the Council of State o ...

(1930–2019) *

Severo Sarduy Severo Sarduy (February 25, 1937 – June 8, 1993) was a Cubans, Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art. Some of his works deal explicitly with male homosexuality and transvestism. Biography Born in a working-class ...

(1937–1993)

Dominican Republic

Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1 September 1906 – 14 July 2002) was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer. He was President of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms for that office from 1960 to 196 ...

* Juan Bosch * Aída Cartagena Portalatín * Leopoldo Minaya *

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 ...

Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza III (24 February 1928 – 31 December 2006) was a Dominican lawyer, diplomat and poet. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country lo ...

* Frank Báez *

León Félix Batista León Félix Batista (born 1964) Dominican author and poet. On September 11, 2003, he conducted an ''atentado poético'' ("poetic attack") in New York City in remembrance of the WTC attacks by flying a plane over New York He represented the Do ...

* Rei Berroa *

Manuel del Cabral Manuel del Cabral (7 March 1907, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic – 14 May 1999, in Santo Domingo) was a Dominican poet, writer, and diplomat. The son of Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez, an influential senator during the "Era of ...

* Fernando Cabrera (writer) * Aída Cartagena Portalatín * Tulio Manuel Cestero *

Jaime Colson Jaime Antonio Gumercindo González Colson (13 January 190120 November 1975) was a Dominican modernist painter, writer, and playwright born in Tubagua, Puerto Plata in 1901. He is remembered as one of the most important Dominican artists of the ...

* Alfredo Fernández Simó * Fabio Fiallo *

Cristino Gómez Cristino Alberto Gómez Luciano (born 1987) is a Dominican poet, agronomist, and professor. Author of ''Ha vuelto el agua'', ''Yo dije el amor'', and other books. Early life Cristino Gómez grew up in Fondo Grande, a community in the municipalit ...

* Chico Gonzalez * Angela Hernández Nuñez * Blas Jiménez * Miguel D. Mena * Leopoldo Minaya *

Domingo Moreno Jimenes Domingo Segundo Moreno Jimenes (7 January 1894 in Santo Domingo – 23 September 1986 in ''ibidem'') was a writer from the Dominican Republic; the founder and leader of the ', a Dominican Republic literature, Dominican literary movement. M ...

Juan Isidro Moreno Juan Isidro Moreno Espinal (Mata del Jobo, Sabaneta; 6 August 1924 – Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the c ...

* Mateo Morrison * César Nicolás Penson * Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo * Rosa Silverio *

Salomé Ureña Salomé Ureña Díaz de Henríquez (October 21, 1850 - March 6, 1897) was a Dominican poet and teacher, being one of the central figures of 19th-century lyrical poetry and advocator for women’s education in the Dominican Republic, influenced by ...

Jael Uribe Jael Uribe Elizabeth Medina is best known as Jael Uribe (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, February 10, 1975) is a writer, storyteller, poet and painter creator of the female poetic foundation named Women Poets International. She is considered ...

Marcio Veloz Maggiolo Marcio Veloz Maggiolo (13 August 1936 – 10 April 2021) was a Dominican writer, archaeologist and anthropologist. Biography A prolific author of both academic and literary themes, his original-Spanish language works have been translated ...

Ecuador

Jorge Carrera Andrade Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat during the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902. He died in 1978. During his life and after his death he has been recognized with Jorge Luis Borges, Vice ...

(1903–1978) *

Alejandro Carrión Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (11 March 1915 – 4 January 1992) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist. He wrote the novel ''La espina'' (1959), the short story book ''La manzana dañada'' (1983), and numerous poetry books. As a journalist ...

(1915–1992) * Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) * Ignacio Lasso (1911–1943) * Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003) * Pedro Jorge Vera (1915–1999) *

Medardo Ángel Silva Medardo Ángel Silva Rodas (June 8, 1898 at Guayaquil – June 10, 1919 at Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian poet and a member of the '' Generación decapitada''. The "Decapitated Generation" was a group of four young Ecuadorian poets in the first deca ...

(1898–1919) *

Joaquín Gallegos Lara Joaquín Gallegos Lara (April 9, 1909 – November 16, 1947) was an Ecuadorian social realist novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. Biography Joaquín Gallegos Lara was born in Guayaquil in 1909, the son of Emma Lara Calderon and Joa ...

(1911–1947) * Sonia Manzano Vela (born 1947 )

El Salvador

Alfredo Espino Alfredo Espino (1900—August 1928) was a poet from El Salvador. Born in Ahuachapán, his only book is ''Jícaras Tristes'' (Sad Vessels), a collection of 96 poems. It is one of the most published books of poetry in El Salvador. Espino died ...

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Alberto Masferrer Vicente Alberto Masferrer Mónico, known as Alberto Masferrer, was a Salvadoran essayist, philosopher, fiction writer, and journalist, best known for the development of the philosophy of 'vitalismo'. He was born in Alegría, Usulután formerl ...

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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) * Juan Ramón Molina (1875–1908) * Roberto Sosa (1930–2011) * Froylán Turcios (1875–1943)

Mexico

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List of Mexican poets This is a list of notable Mexico, Mexican poets. A * Manuel Acuña * Ignacio Manuel Altamirano * Pita Amor * Homero Aridjis B * Xhevdet Bajraj * Marcos E. Becerra * Alberto Blanco (poet), Alberto Blanco * Minerva Bloom * Bocafloja * Rubén Bon ...

'' * Elvia Ardalani (born 1963) * José Carlos Becerra (1936–1970) * Rubén Bonifaz Nuño (1923–2013) *

Rosario Castellanos Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...

(1925–1974) * Elsa Cross (born 1946) *

Jorge Cuesta Jorge Mateo Cuesta Porte-Petit (b. Córdoba, Veracruz, September 23, 1903 – d. Tlalpan, August 13, 1942) was a Mexican chemist, writer and editor. Biography Cuesta attended school in his hometown, before he did his studies at the Faculty o ...

(1903–1942) *

Salvador Díaz Mirón Salvador Díaz Mirón (December 14, 1853 – June 12, 1928) was a Mexican poet. He was born in the port city of Veracruz. His early verse, written in a passionate, romantic style, was influenced by Lord Byron and Victor Hugo. His later ver ...

(1853–1928) * Enrique González Martínez (1871–1952) * José Gorostiza (1901–1973) * Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859–1895) *

Germán List Arzubide Germán List Arzubide (31 May 1898 – 17 October or 19 October 1998) was a Mexican poet and revolutionary. Born in Puebla, he was an active participant in the Revolution, fighting alongside Emiliano Zapata as well as extolling him and other re ...

(1898–1998) * Ramón López Velarde (1888–1921) *

Manuel Maples Arce Manuel Maples Arce (May 1, 1900 - June 26, 1981) was a Mexican poet, writer, art critic, lawyer and diplomat, especially known as the founder of the Stridentism movement. The leader of the first Mexican avant-garde movement After the first Stri ...

(1898–1981) *

Amado Nervo Amado Nervo (August 27, 1870 – May 24, 1919) also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, was a Mexican poet, journalist and educator. He also acted as Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay. His poetry was known for its use of metaphor a ...

(1870–1919) * Salvador Novo (1904–1974) * José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014) *

Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...

(1914–1998) Nobel Laureate (1990) * Carlos Pellicer (1897–1977) * Alfonso Reyes (1889–1959) *

Jaime Sabines Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his w ...

(1926–1999) *

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Sor may refer to: * Fernando Sor (1778–1839), Spanish guitarist and composer * Sor, Ariège, a French commune * SOR Libchavy, a Czech bus manufacturer * Sor, Azerbaijan, a village * Sor, Senegal, an offshore island * Sor River, a river in the Oro ...

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José Juan Tablada José Juan de Aguilar Acuña Tablada (April 3, 1871 – August 2, 1945) was a Mexican poet, art critic and, for a brief period, diplomat. A pioneer of oriental studies, and champion of Mexican art, he spent a good portion of his life living abro ...

(1871–1945) * Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1950) * Gabriel Zaid (born 1934)

Nicaragua

Rubén Darío Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío ( , ), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as ''modernismo'' (modernism) that flourished at the end of ...

(1867–1916) * Azarías Pallais (1888–1954) *

Salomón de la Selva Salomón de la Selva (March 20, 1893 – February 5, 1959) was a Nicaraguan poet and honorary member of the Mexican Academy of Language. Biography Salomón de la Selva was born on March 20, 1893, in León, Nicaragua, son of Salomón Selva Glenton ...

(1893–1959) *

Alfonso Cortés Alfonso Cortés (9 December 1893 – 3 February 1969) was a Nicaraguan poet. He is often referred to as the second-most-important Nicaraguan poet, with Rubén Darío, who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (moder ...

(1893–1969) *

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) * Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002) * Joaquín Pasos (1914–1947) *

Claribel Alegría Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central Am ...

(1924–2018) *

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) * Gioconda Belli (born 1948) * Daisy Zamora (born 1950) *

Blanca Castellón Blanca Castellon (born 1958 in Managua) is a Nicaraguan poet. She is the author of ''Ama del espíritu'' (poetry, 1995), ''Flotaciones'' (poetry, 1998) and ''Orilla opuesta'' (poetry, 2000). She is also the winner of Instituto de Estudios Moderni ...

(born 1958)

Paraguay

* Julio Correa (1890–1926) *

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) *

Manuel Ortiz Guerrero Manuel Ortiz Guerrero (16 July 1894 – 8 May 1933) was a Paraguayan poet and musician. Biography Guerrero was born in Ybaroty, a neighbourhood in the city of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay. He was the son of Vicente Ortiz and Susana ...

(1894–1933) *

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) *

Roque Vallejos Roque Vallejos (Asunción 1943 - Asunción, 2 April 2006) was a poet, psychiatrist and essayist from Paraguay. Background He was a forensic surgeon in the High Court of Justice. He served as a member and the president of the Academia de la Len ...

(1943–2006)

Peru

* Jose Santos Chocano (1875–1934) - author of ''Alma América'' *

Manuel González Prada Jose Manuel de los Reyes González de Prada y Ulloa (Lima, January 5, 1844 – Lima, July 22, 1918) was a Peruvian politician and anarchist, literary critic and director of the National Library of Peru. He is well remembered as a social cr ...

(1844–1918) *

César Vallejo César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators ...

(1892–1938) * Ana María Llona Málaga (born 1936) - author of ''Animal tan Albo'' *

Isabel Sabogal Isabel María Sabogal Dunin-Borkowski (Lima, October 14, 1958) is a Polish-Peruvian bilingual novelist, poet, translator of Polish literature into Spanish and Astrology, astrologer. Biography Her parents were José Rodolfo Sabogal Wiesse (Peruv ...

(born 1958)

The Philippines

Pedro Paterno Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera IgnacioGarcía Castellón, Manuel. (February 27, 1857 – April 26, 1911, 993 pages) was a Filipino politician infamous for being a turncoat. He was also a poet and a novelist. His intervention on behalf of th ...

(1858–1911) * José Rizal (1861–1896) *

Fernando María Guerrero Fernando María Guerrero Ramírez (May 30, 1873 – June 12, 1929) was a Spanish Filipino, poet, journalist, lawyer, politician, and polyglot who became a significant figure during the Philippines' golden period of Spanish literature, a period r ...

(1873–1929) *

Jesús Balmori Jesús Balmori y González-Mondragón (January 10, 1887 – May 23, 1948) was a Filipino Spanish language journalist, playwright, and poet. Biography Jesús Balmori y González-Mondragón was born in Ermita, Manila, on 10 January 1887. He studi ...

(1887–1948) *

Claro M. Recto Claro Mayo Recto Jr. (born Claro Recto y Mayo; February 8, 1890 – October 2, 1960) was a Filipino politician, jurist, and poet. He is remembered for his nationalism, for "the impact of his patriotic convictions on modern political though ...

(1890–1960) *

Adelina Gurrea María Adelaida Gurrea Monasterio ( La Carlota, Negros Occidental, Philippines, September 27, 1896–Madrid, April 29, 1971) was a Philippine journalist, poet and playwright in Spanish. She studied in a religious school in Manila ( St. Scholasti ...

(1896–1971) * Guillermo Gómez Rivera (born 1936) *

Edmundo Farolan Edmundo Farolán (d. Jan. 29, 2023) is a Filipino-Canadian author. He won literary awards as a young writer-scholar while studying philosophy and letters in Madrid in the 1960s. He taught English, Spanish, and Media in various universities, includi ...

(born 1943)

Puerto Rico

Aurora de Albornoz Aurora de Albornoz (January 22, 1926 – June 6, 1990) was born in Luarca, Asturias, Spain. As a youth, she lived in Luarca with her parents, sister, and extended family, throughout the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939— an event that ins ...

(1926–1990) *

Maria Arrillaga María Arrillaga (born 1940) is a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican poet who has been a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico. She taught in the Spanish Department on the Rio Piedras campus. ...

(born 1940) *

Giannina Braschi Giannina Braschi (born February 5, 1953) is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, dramatist, and scholar. Her notable works include ''Empire of Dreams'' (1988), ''Yo-Yo Boing!'' (1998) ''and United States of Banana'' (2011). Braschi writes cross-genr ...

(born 1953) *

Julia de Burgos Julia de Burgos García (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953) was a Puerto Rican poet. As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationa ...

(1916–1953) * Virgilio Dávila (1869–1943) * Luis Lloréns Torres (1876–1944) * Mercedes Negrón Muñoz a.k.a. Clara Lair (1895–1973) *

Benito Pastoriza Iyodo Benito Pastoriza Iyodo is an author of poetry, poetics, fiction and literary articles. The themes of his literary works include: man's evolution from childhood to adulthood, examination of self, the precipices of culture and its rituals, violenc ...

(born 1954) *

Luis Palés Matos Luis Palés Matos (March 20, 1898 – February 23, 1959) was a Puerto Rican poet who is credited with creating the poetry genre known as Afro-Antillano. He is also credited with writing the screenplay for the "Romance Tropical", the first Puerto ...

(1898–1959) * Evaristo Ribera Chevremont (1896–1976) *

Lola Rodríguez de Tió Lola Rodríguez de Tió,This name uses Spanish marriage naming customs; the first is the maiden family name ''"Rodríguez"'' and the second or matrimonial family name is ''"Tió"''. (September 14, 1843 – November 10, 1924), was the first Puerto ...

(1843–1924)

Spain

Rafael Alberti Rafael Alberti Merello (16 December 1902 – 28 October 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. He is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the so-called ''Silver Age'' of Spanish Literature, and he won numerou ...

(1902–1999) *

Juan Ruiz Juan Ruiz (), known as the Archpriest of Hita (''Arcipreste de Hita''), was a medieval Castilian poet. He is best known for his ribald, earthy poem, ''Libro de buen amor'' ('' The Book of Good Love''). Biography Origins He was born in Alcal ...

(c. 1283–c. 1350) *

Gonzalo de Berceo Gonzalo de Berceo (ca. 1197 – before 1264) was a Castilian Spanish poet born in the Riojan village of Berceo, close to the major Benedictine monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects, writte ...

(c. 1190–1264?) *

Juan Boscán ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanis ...

(1490–1542) *

Vicente Aleixandre Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (; 26 April 1898 – 14 December 1984) was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977 "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates ma ...

(1898–1984) Nobel Laureate 1977 *

Dámaso Alonso Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards. Early life and ed ...

(1898–1990) *

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (), was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented ...

(1836–1870) *

Matilde Camus Aurora Matilde Gómez Camus (26 September 1919 – 28 April 2012) was a Spanish poet from Cantabria who also wrote non-fiction. Life and career Aurora Matilde Gómez Camus was born in Santander, Cantabria Santander () is the capital of t ...

(1919–2012) *

Luis Cernuda Luis Cernuda Bidón (September 21, 1902 – November 5, 1963) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. During the Spanish Civil War, in early 1938, he went to the UK to deliver some lectures and this became the start of an exile t ...

(1903–1963) *

Juan de la Cruz Juan de la Cruz or Maria de la Cruz (feminized form) is the national personification of the Philippines, often used to represent the "Filipino everyman." He is usually depicted wearing the native ''salakot'' hat, '' Barong Tagalog'', long pant ...

(1542–1591) *

(1926–1990) *

Baltasar del Alcázar Baltasar del Alcázar (1530 in Seville, Spain–16 February 1606 in Ronda) was a Spanish poet. He was the sixth child of Luis del Alcázar. His poetry was about life and love, most of it spiced with a keen sense of humor. Works A short example ...

(1530–1606) * Francisco Domene (born 1960) * León Felipe (1884–1968) *

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

(1898–1936) * José Luis Giménez-Frontín (1943–2008) *

Luis de Góngora Luis de Góngora y Argote (born Luis de Argote y Góngora; ; 11 July 1561 – 24 May 1627) was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic priest. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent ...

(?–1627) * Juan Antonio González Iglesias (born 1964) *

Jorge Guillén Jorge Guillén Álvarez (; 18 January 18936 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic. In 1957-1958, he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard Un ...

(1893–1984) * Miguel Hernández (1910–1942) *

Clara Janés Clara Janés Nadal, born in Barcelona (6 November 1940), is a Spanish writer of several literary genres. She is recognised as a poet and is distinguished as a translator of different central European and eastern languages. Since 2015, she has o ...

(born 1940) * Santa Teresa de Jesús (1515–1582) *

Juan Ramón Jiménez Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high ...

(1881–1958) Nobel Laureate 1956 *

Luis de León Luis de León ( Belmonte, Cuenca, 1527 – Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile, Spain, 23 August 1591), was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian and academic, active during the Spanish Golden Age. Early life Luis de ...

(1527–1591?) * Antonio Machado (1875–1936) * Manuel Machado (1874–1947) *

Jorge Manrique Jorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 24 April 1479) was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the ''Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Verses on the death of Don Rodrigo Manrique, his Father)'', is still read today. He was a supporter of the queen I ...

(1440–1479) * Juan L. Ortiz *

Emilio Prados Emilio Prados (4 March 1899 - 24 April 1962) was a Spanish poet and editor, a member of the Generation of '27. Life Born in the Andalusian city of Málaga in 1899, Prados was offered a place at Madrid's famous Residencia de estudiantes in 1914 ...

(1899–1962) *

Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago (; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora ...

(1580–1645) *

Pedro Salinas Pedro Salinas y Serrano (27 November 1891 – 4 December 1951) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, as well as a university teacher, scholar and literary critic. In 1937, he delivered the Turnbull lectures at Johns Hopkins ...

(1892–1951) * Francisco Sánchez Barbero (1764–1819) * Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536) * Lope de Vega (1562–1635) * Esteban Manuel de Villegas (1589–1669) *

Leopoldo María Panero Leopoldo María Panero (16 June 1948 – 5 March 2014) was a Spanish poet and member of the Novísimos group. His work is included in many works of literary history, anthologies, and academic programs across Spain. Much of his work is considered ...

(1948–2014) *

Manuel Curros Enríquez Manuel Curros Enríquez (September 15, 1851 - February 7, 1908) was a Galician writer and journalist in the Galician language, and is considered to be one of the leading figures of Galician culture and identity. Early life Manuel Curros Enrí ...

Alonso de Ercilla Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (7 August 153329 November 1594) was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid. While in Chile (1556–63) he fought against the Araucanians (Mapuche), and there he began the epic poem ''La Araucana'', considered one o ...

Joaquín Sabina Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (born 12 February 1949) is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat about love, heartbreaks and society with a large usage of literary figures similarly to the baroque-literature st ...

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquess of Santillana (19 August 139825 March 1458) was a Castilian politician and poet who held an important position in society and literature during the reign of John II of Castile. Biography He was born a ...

Gutierre de Cetina Gutierre de Cetina (1519–1554) was a Spanish poet and soldier. Biography Cetina was born at Seville. He was the brother of Beltrán and Gregorio de Cetina, lesser known conquistadors. He served under Charles V in Italy and Germany, but retired ...

Juan del Encina Juan del Encina (July 12, 1468 – 1529 or 1530) was a composer, poet, and playwright, often called the founder, along with Gil Vicente, of Spanish drama. His birth name was Juan de Fermoselle. He spelled his name Enzina, but this is not a signi ...

(1469–1533) *

José de Espronceda José Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado (25 March 1808 – 23 May 1842) was a Romantic Spanish poet, one of the most representative authors of the 19th century. He was influenced by Eugenio de Ochoa, Federico Madrazo, ...

(1808–1842) *

Rosalía de Castro María Rosalía Rita de Castro (; 23 February 1837 – 15 July 1885), was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely regarded as the greatest Galic ...

(1837–1885) * Francisco Domene * Chantal Maillard *

Antonio Martínez Sarrión Antonio Martínez Sarrión (1 February 1939 – 14 September 2021) was a Spanish poet and translator. Early life and education Martínez Sarrión was born in Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha. He graduated with his baccalaureate in law from the Uni ...

José Ortega Torres José Ortega Torres (born 1943) is a poet born in Granada, Spain; he is a known author in the Andalusian poetic scene. A contemporary of the '' Novísimos'' poetic movement, his work follows more traditional forms ( rhyme, sonnet), with a marked ...

Leopoldo Panero Leopoldo Panero was Spanish poet, born in Astorga in 1909 and deceased in 1962. He was the father of the poets Leopoldo María Panero and Juan Luis Panero and the brother of the early-died poet Juan Panero. Biography Panero spent his childh ...

Luisa Castro Luisa Castro (born 1966, in Foz, Lugo) is a Spanish writer and journalist who has published in Galician and Spanish. She has lived in Barcelona, New York City, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Naples and Bordeaux. She is currently Director of th ...

* Enrique García-Máiquez * Carlos Martínez Aguirre (born 1974)

United States

Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, ''The House on Mango Street'' (1983), and her subsequent short story collection, '' Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories'' (1991). Her work e ...

Juan Felipe Herrera Juan Felipe Herrera (born in December 27, 1948) is an American poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, and activist. Herrera was the 21st United States Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017. Herrera's experiences as the child of migrant farmers ...

Uruguay

Delmira Agustini Delmira Agustini (October 24, 1886 – July 6, 1914) was an Uruguayan poet of the early 20th century. Biography Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, she began writing when she was ten and had her first book of poems published when she was still a tee ...

(1886–1914) *

Mario Benedetti Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...

(1920–2009) * María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe (1883-1961)

Venezuela

Andrés Bello Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (; November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan- Chilean humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an ...

(1781–1865) * Enrique Moya (born 1958) * Aquiles Nazoa (1920–1976) * Yolanda Pantin (born 1954) *

Arturo Uslar Pietri Arturo Uslar Pietri (16 May 1906 in Caracas – 26 February 2001) was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician. Life Born on 16 May 1906 in Caracas, Venezuela, his parents were generalSantos Himiob ...

(1906–2001)