# List of Cuban-American writers

| Name | Year of birth/death | Notes |
| Agustin Blazquez | 1944–2022 | Author of THE KILLER FLIES OF LUXOR: Partial Autobiography. Travel Chronicles. Dreams. Fantasies. 2023 publisher/imprint Penny-a-Page Press A collection of his essays was published in collaboration with Carlos Wotzkow by Alexandria Library under the Title Cubriendo y Descubriendo/Covering and Discovering (2001). He also did the English Translation for Luise Grave de Peralta Morel’s The Mafia of Havana: The Cuban Cosa Nostra (2002). |
| Luis Senarens | 1865–1939 | The most popular American science fiction writer of the late 19th century, widely known as "the American Jules Verne." |
| Alex Abella | 1950– | Mystery/crime novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist |
| Iván Acosta | | Playwright; works include El Super (movie version 1979) and Un cubiche en la luna (1989) |
| Mercedes de Acosta | 1893–1968 | |
| Robert Arellano | 1969– | Novelist; works include Havana Lunar (2010 Edgar Award finalist) and Havana Libre (2017). |
| Reinaldo Arenas | 1943–1990 | |
| René Ariza | 1940–1994 | |
| Octavio Armand [es] | 1946– | Poet |
| Joaquín Badajoz | 1972– | Poet, author, essayist (North American Academy of the Spanish Language, fellow member) |
| Jesús J. Barquet | | |
| José Barreiro | 1948– | |
| Ruth Behar | 1956– | |
| Juana Borrero | 1877–1896 | Poet |
| Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros | 1803–1866 | |
| Richard Blanco | 1968– | American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer |
| Rafael Campo | 1964– | Physician and author |
| Yanitzia Canetti | 1967– | |
| Alejo Carpentier | 1904–1980 | |
| Lourdes Casal | 1938–1981 | Poet |
| Sandra M. Castillo | | Poet |
| Carlota Caulfield | | Poet, academic, author of A Mapmaker’s Diary, Ticket to Ride, At the Paper Gates with Burning Desire. |
| Daína Chaviano | 1957– | Novelist, poet, and award-winning novelist of Azorín Prize for Best Novel (Spain), among other international awards. |
| Migdia Chinea-Varela | 1971– | |
| Rene Cifuentes | | |
| Miguel Correa | | |
| Nilo Cruz | 1960– | Playwright |
| Silvia Curbelo | 1955– | |
| Belkis Cuza Malé | 1942– | |
| Frederick A. de Armas | 1945– | Literary scholar and novelist; novels include El abra del Yumurí (2016), Sinfonía Salvaje (2019) |
| Miguel A. De La Torre | 1958– | |
| Carmen Agra Deedy | | |
| Pura del Prado | 1931–1996 | |
| Carlos Eire | 1950– | Memoirist |
| Margarita Engle | 1951– | |
| Frank Fernández | 1934– | |
| Roberto G. Fernández | 1951– | |
| Eugenio Florit | 1903–1999 | |
| María Irene Fornés | 1930–2018 | |
| Paula Fox | 1923–2017 | |
| Carlos Franqui | 1921–2010 | |
| Cristina García | 1958– | |
| Carolina Garcia-Aguilera | 1949– | |
| Miguel Garcia Ramos | | |
| Valentina L. Garza | | |
| Jorge Enrique González Pacheco | 1969– | Poet |
| Ibis Gómez-Vega | 1952– | Novelist |
| Celedonio González | | Novelist; works include Los primos (1971) and Los cuatro embajadores (1973) |
| Lillian Guerra | | Historian; works include The Myth of José Martí: Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba (2005) and Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption and Resistance, 1959-1971 (2012) |
| Jorge Guitart | | Poet |
| Andrea O'Reilly Herrera | | Novelist, academic |
| Oscar Hijuelos | 1951–2013 | |
| Daniel Iglesias Kennedy | 1950– | Novelist, academic, author of Esta tarde se pone el sol(2001) Espacio vacío (2003) El marmitón apacible (2006) among others. |
| Enrique Labrador Ruiz | 1902–1991 | |
| Robert Lima | 1935– | Poet, playwright and literary critic; grandson of Cuban patriot Col. Alfredo Lima Tardiff |
| Melinda Lopez | | Playwright |
| Eduardo Machado | 1953– | |
| José Martí | 1853–1895 | |
| Dionisio D. Martinez | 1956– | |
| Pablo Medina | 1960– | Poet |
| Ana Menéndez | 1970– | |
| Matías Montes Huidobro [es] | 1931– | Novelist; works include Desterrados al fuego (1975) |
| Gean Moreno | 1972– | |
| Elías Miguel Muñoz | 1954– | Poet and novelist, author of Crazy Love (1988) and The Greatest Performance (1991), as well as works in Spanish |
| Victor Nickolich | 1951– | Non-fiction writer, historian and athlete. His works include The Lynx Book (2016) and the Spanish version El Lince (2018) |
| Anaïs Nin | 1903–1977 | |
| Lino Novás Calvo [es] | 1903–1983 | Novelist; works include Maneras de contar (1970) |
| Ana Rosa Núñez | 1926–1999 | Poet, librarian |
| Achy Obejas | 1956– | |
| Mirta Ojito | | |
| Herberto Padilla | 1932–2000 | |
| Ricardo Pau-Llosa | 1954– | Poet |
| Luis de la Paz [es] | | |
| Manuel Pereiras García | 1950– | |
| Gustavo Pérez Firmat | 1949– | "Poet, memoirist, literary critic" |
| Carlos Pintado | 1974– | Author, playwright and award-winning poet of Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry |
| Juana Rosa Pita | 1939– | |
| Dolores Prida | 1943–2013 | Playwright; English-language works include those collected in Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays (1991) |
| Jorge Reyes | 1972–2015 | |
| Beatriz Rivera | | Novelist |
| Isel Rivero | | Poet |
| Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés | | Poet, academic |
| Enrique Sacerio-Garí | 1945– | Author of Poemas interreales, Para llegar a La Habana, and El mercado de la memoria |
| Antonio Sacre | 1968– | |
| José Sánchez-Boudy | | Poet |
| Pedro Santacilia [es] | 1826–1910 | |
| Armando Simon | 1951– | Novelist-A Cuban from Kansas, Very Peculiar Stories, The Cult of Suicide and Other SciFi Stories. Dramatist-Conundrum, Pro Se, Carnada, Infidel! |
| Virgil Suárez | 1962– | Novelist, poet |
| Piri Thomas | 1928–2011 | |
| Miguel Teurbe Tolón | 1820–1857 | |
| Omar Torres | | Novelist; works include Apenas un bolero (1981), Al partir (1986), and Fallen Angels Sing (1991) |
| Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez | 1969– | |
| Roberto Valero | | |
| Félix Varela | 1788–1853 | |
| Charlie Vázquez | 1971– | |
| Dan Vera | | |
| Carlos Victoria [es] | | |
| Cirilo Villaverde | 1812–1894 | |
| Rubén Martínez Villena | 1899–1934 | |
| José Yglesias | 1919–1995 | |
| Juan Clemente Zenea | 1832–1871 | |