# 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

* Fernando Alegria
* Isabel Allende
* Miguel Arteche
* Sergio Badilla Castillo
* Pedro Balmaceda
* Eduardo Barrios
* Alberto Blest Gana
* Roberto Bolaño
* María Luisa Bombal
* Marta Brunet
* Francisco Coloane
* Adolfo Couve
* Eugenio Cruz Vargas
* Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara
* José Donoso
* Ariel Dorfman
* Joaquín Edwards Bello
* Jorge Edwards
* Diamela Eltit
* Francisco Antonio Encina
* Alberto Fuguet
* Olga Grau
* Óscar Hahn
* Vicente Huidobro
* Hermógenes Irisarri
* Enrique Lafourcade
* Pedro Lemebel
* Enrique Lihn
* Baldomero Lillo
* Carmen Marai
* Gabriela Mistral
* Pablo Neruda
* Nicanor Parra
* Violeta Parra
* Marcela Paz
* Carlos Pezoa Véliz
* Salvador Reyes
* Gonzalo Rojas
* Manuel Rojas
* Luis Sepúlveda
* Marcela Serrano
* Miguel Serrano
* Víctor Domingo Silva
* Antonio Skármeta
* Mercedes Valdivieso
* Egon Wolff

### 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

* Abdón Ubidia (born 1944)
* Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), novelist and poet
* Alejandro Carrión (1915–1992), journalist
* Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993)
* Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1929)
* Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003)
* Arturo Borja (1892–1912)
* Benjamín Carrión (1897–1979)
* Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (born 1932)
* César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967)
* Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981)
* Edna Iturralde (born 1948)
* Efraín Jara Idrovo (1926–2018)
* Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973)
* Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927)
* Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795)
* Euler Granda (1935–2018)
* Fanny Carrión de Fierro, poet, essayist, professor
* Francisco Arízaga Luque (1900–1964)
* Gabriel Cevallos García (1913–2004)
* Galo René Pérez (1923–2008)
* Humberto Fierro (1890–1929)
* Ignacio Lasso (1911–1943)
* Ileana Espinel (1933–2001)
* Iván Carvajal Aguirre (born 1948)
* Iván Oñate (born 1948)
* Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947)
* Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978)
* Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009)
* Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978), novelist and playwright
* José de la Cuadra (1903–1941)
* José María Egas (1896–1982)
* José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008)
* José Rumazo González (1904–1995)
* Juan León Mera (1832–1894), poet and novelist
* Juan Montalvo (1832–1889)
* Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944)
* Karina Galvez (born 1964)
* Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (born 1942)
* Luis Cordero Crespo (1833–1912)
* Luis Costales (1926–2006)
* María Fernanda Espinosa (born 1964)
* Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919)
* Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015)
* Miguel Riofrío (1822–1879)
* Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002)
* Numa Pompilio Llona (1833–1912)
* Osvaldo Hurtado (born 1939)
* Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999)
* Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999)
* Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013)
* Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983)
* Remigio Crespo Toral (1860–1939)
* Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born 1939)
* Sergio Román Armendáriz (died 1934)
* Sonia Manzano Vela (born 1947)
* Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014)
* Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940)

### Peru

* Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
* Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
* José María Arguedas
* Cesar Vallejo
* Alfredo Bryce
* Manuel González Prada
* Clorinda Matto de Turner
* José Carlos Mariátegui
* Julio Ramón Ribeyro
* Abraham Valdelomar
* José María Eguren
* Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize in Literature winner (2010)
* Enrique Lopez Albujar
* Ricardo Palma
* Alonso Cueto (born 1954), novelist
* María Emma Mannarelli (born 1954), feminist writer
* Antonio Cisneros (1942–2012), poet and writer
* César Calvo (1926–2009), poet and writer
* Gunter Silva Passuni (born 1977), writer
* Blanca Varela (1852–1909)
* Carlos Yushimito (born 1977), writer
* Renato Cisneros (born 1976)
* Daniel Alarcón (born 1977), novelist
* Mario Bellatin (born 1960)
* Santiago Roncagliolo (born 1975), novelist
* Ciro Alegría (1909–1967)
* Martín Adán (1908–1985), poet
* Enrique Verástegui (1950–2018), poet and writer
* Manuel Scorza (1928–1983)
* Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), writer
* Gabriela Wiener (born 1975), writer
* Jaime Bayly (born 1965), novelist
* Fernando Iwasaki (born 1961)
* Iván Thays (born 1968)
* Claudia Ulloa (born 1979)

### Venezuela

* Andrés Bello (1781–1865)
* Adriano González León (1931–2008)
* Andrés Eloy Blanco (1897–1955)
* Aquiles Nazoa (1920–1976)
* Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001)
* Boris Izaguirre (born 1965)
* Eduardo Blanco (1840–1903)
* Eduardo Liendo (born 1941)
* Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008)
* Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991)
* Francisco Massiani (1944–2019)
* Fermín Toro (1807–1865)
* Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978)
* Hanni Ossott (1946–2002)
* Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde (1846–1892)
* Laureano Vallenilla Lanz (1870–1936)
* Manuel Díaz Rodríguez (1871–1927)
* Mariano Picón Salas (1901–1965)
* Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985)
* Rafael Arráiz Lucca (born 1959)
* Rafael Cadenas (born 1930)
* Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969)
* Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944)
* Salvador Garmendia (1928–2001)
* Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936)
* José Antonio Ramos Sucre (1890–1930)
* Vicente Gerbasi (1913–1992)
* Alberto Barrera Tyszka (born 1960)

## 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)
* 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 (born 1931)
* 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 da Cruz e Sousa (1861–1898)
* 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 (born 1946)
* 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 (born 1932)

## 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
* 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

* Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra
* Manuel Alonso
* Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
* Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier
* Giannina Braschi
* Julia de Burgos
* Nemesio Canales
* Cayetano Coll y Toste
* Virgilio Dávila
* Nelson Antonio Denis
* Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
* José de Diego
* Edwin Figueroa
* Rosario Ferré
* Magali García Ramis
* José Gautier Benítez
* José Luis González
* Eugenio María de Hostos
* Enrique Laguerre
* Mercedes Negrón Muñoz a.k.a. "Clara Lair"
* Tato Laviera
* Juan Damián López de Haro
* Luis López Nieves
* René Marqués
* Nemir Matos-Cintrón
* Francisco Matos Paoli
* Olga Nolla
* Luis Palés Matos
* Benito Pastoriza Iyodo
* Pedro Pietri
* Miguel Piñero
* Manuel Ramos Otero
* Lola Rodríguez de Tió
* Luis Rafael Sánchez
* Esmeralda Santiago
* Mayra Santos-Febres
* Alejandro Tapia y Rivera
* Diego de Torres Vargas
* Luz María Umpierre
* Lourdes Vázquez
* Ana Lydia Vega
* Manuel Zeno Gandía

## 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

* Isabel Fraire (1934–2015)
* Nezahualcóyotl (1402–1472)
* Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581–1639)
* Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695)
* José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776–1827)
* Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–1893)
* José Rosas Moreno (1838–1883)
* Manuel Acuña (1849–1873)
* Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853–1928)
* Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1858–1895)
* Amado Nervo (1870–1919)
* Mariano Azuela (1873–1952)
* Alfonso Reyes (1889–1959)
* Bruno Traven (1890–1969)
* Manuel Maples Arce (1898–1981)
* Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998)
* Carlos Pellicer (1899–1977)
* Arqueles Vela (1899–1977)
* Nellie Campobello (1900–1986)
* Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931)
* Esperanza Zambrano (1901–1992)
* Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1951)
* Agustín Yáñez (1904–1980)
* Salvador Novo (1904–1974)
* Guadalupe Dueñas (1910–2002)
* Octavio Paz (1914–1998)
* José Revueltas (1914–1976)
* Elena Garro (1917–1998)
* Pita Amor (1918–2000)
* Alí Chumacero (1918–2010)
* Juan José Arreola (1918–2001)
* Juan Rulfo (1918–1986)
* Ricardo Garibay (1923–1999)
* Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974)
* Jaime Sabines (1926–1999)
* Tomás Segovia (1927–2011)
* Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928–1983)
* Amparo Dávila (1928–2020)
* Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012)
* Margo Glantz (born 1930)
* Salvador Elizondo (1932–2006)
* Elena Poniatowska (born 1932)
* Juan García Ponce (1932–2003)
* Vicente Leñero (1933–2014)
* Sergio Pitol (1933–2018)
* Gabriel Zaid (born 1934)
* Fernando del Paso (1935–2018)
* Carlos Monsiváis (1938–2010)
* José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014)
* Jesús Gardea (1939–2000)
* Homero Aridjis (born 1940)
* Héctor Aguilar Camín (born 1946)
* Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born 1949)
* Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949)
* Laura Esquivel (born 1950)
* Luis Zapata (1951–2020)
* Carmen Boullosa (born 1954)
* Juan Villoro (born 1956)
* Guillermo Arriaga (born 1958)
* Malva Flores (born 1961)
* Patricia Laurent Kullick (born 1962)
* Elvia Ardalani (born 1963)
* Sandra Cisneros

## Rioplatenses
### Argentina

* Juan Filloy
* Marcos Aguinis
* César Aira
* Jorge Luis Borges
* Adolfo Bioy Casares
* Emeterio Cerro
* Julio Cortázar
* Antonio di Benedetto
* Esteban Echeverría
* Macedonio Fernández
* Fogwill
* Juan Gelman
* Oliverio Girondo
* Che Guevara (born in Rosario, Argentina)
* Ricardo Güiraldes
* José Hernández
* Norah Lange
* Leopoldo Lugones
* Leopoldo Marechal
* José Mármol
* Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
* Manuel Mujica Láinez
* Silvina Ocampo
* Victoria Ocampo
* Juan L. Ortiz
* Ricardo Piglia
* Alejandra Pizarnik
* Manuel Puig
* Ricardo Rojas
* Ernesto Sábato
* Juan José Saer
* Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
* Alfonsina Storni
* Luisa Valenzuela
* Rodolfo Walsh

### 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
* Mercedes Rein
* José Enrique Rodó
* Cristina Peri Rossi
* Horacio Quiroga
* Armonía Somers
* Juan Zorrilla de San Martín