Latin American writers
Encyclopedia
Some of the most important writers from Latin America
and the Caribbean
, organized by cultural region
and nationality. The focus is on Latin American literature
.
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, organized by cultural region
Cultural region
Cultural region is a term used mainly in the fields of anthropology and geography. Specific cultures often do not limit their geographic coverage to the borders of a nation state, or to smaller subdivisions of a state...
and nationality. The focus is on Latin American literature
Latin American literature
Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and indigenous languages of the Americas. It rose to particular prominence globally during the second half of the 20th century, largely due to the...
.
Bolivia
- Alcides ArguedasAlcides ArguedasAlcides Arguedas was a Bolivian writer and historian.-Background and political and diplomatic roles:He was born in La Paz, where he studied law and political science. He later studied sociology in Paris and represented his country at several diplomatic missions in both Europe and America...
(1879–1946), historian - Matilde CasazolaMatilde CasazolaMatilde Casazola Mendoza is a Bolivian songwriter.Matilde was one of the most famous poets and songwriters of Bolivia. Many of her songs are filled with fascinating detail and lyrics. Her poems are very famous to those in her home country. She started to become famous at age 11 by her poems.She...
- Javier del GranadoJavier del GranadoFrancisco Javier del Granado y Granado , was a poet laureate and favorite son of Bolivia.Born into a distinguished aristocratic family with a rich literary pedigree, he spent most of his youth on his family's hacienda near Arani, in the department of Cochabamba, Colpa-Ciacu, a colonial-era estate...
(1913–1996), poet - Víctor MontoyaVíctor MontoyaVíctor Montoya is a Bolivian writer, cultural journalist, and pedagogue. Imprisoned by the dictatorship in his native Bolivia, he became an exile following a campaign by Amnesty International in 1977.-Biography:...
- José Ignacio de SanjinésJosé Ignacio de SanjinésJosé Ignacio de Sanjinés Barriga was a Bolivian poet and legislator.-Background and relation with historical events:...
(1786–1864), poet - Alfonso Gumucio DagronAlfonso Gumucio DagronAlfonso Gumucio Dagron is a writer, filmmaker, journalist, photographer and development communication specialist. His father was Alfonso Gumucio Reyes, a leader of the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario , Minister of Economy during the Government of Víctor Paz Estenssoro, and Ambassador to...
- Jaime SáenzJaime SaenzJaime Sáenz Guzmán was a Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer. Born in the city of La Paz, he lived virtually his entire life in that city, and its dark atmosphere had a powerful effect on much of his work...
(1921–1986), poet and novelist - Pedro ShimosePedro ShimosePedro Shimose is a poet, professor and essayist from Bolivia.- Biography :Born in Riberalta in 1940 to Japanese parents and based in Madrid since 1971, Shimose is best known for his politically-inspired poetry which touches on the themes of national identity and social...
- Gastón SuárezGastón SuárezGastón Suárez was a Bolivian novelist and dramatist. Suárez was born in the town of Tupiza in the southern part of Potosí, Bolivia....
(1929–1984), novelist and dramatist - Franz TamayoFranz TamayoFranz Tamayo Solares was a Bolivian intellectual, writer, and politician. The Franz Tamayo Province is named after him. He was renowned for his oratory. A prominent Bolivian poet and philosopher, he wrote a number of educational treatises and also practiced law, journalism, and diplomacy...
(1878–1956), poet - Adela ZamudioAdela ZamudioPaz Juana Plácida Adela Rafaela Zamudio Ribero , who also used the pen-name Soledad, was a Bolivian poet and novelist.-Works:* Essayos poéticos * Violeta o la princesa azul...
(1854–1928), poet and novelist
Colombia
- Héctor Abad FaciolinceHéctor Abad FaciolinceHéctor Abad Faciolince is a Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist, and editor. Abad is considered one of the most talented "post-boom" writers in Latin American literature. Abad is best known for his bestselling novels Angosta, and more recently, El Olvido que Seremos Héctor Abad Faciolince...
, writer and journalist - Manuel AncízarManuel AncízarManuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and journalist of Colombia.He was born in the state of Cundinamarca and educated in Bogotá. He then spent time in Cuba and Caracas, Venezuela, returning in 1847. He founded a publishing house and a newspaper before joining the...
, writer and journalist - Gonzalo ArangoGonzalo ArangoGonzalo Arango Arias was a Colombian poet, journalist and philosopher. He was famous in his country for being the founder of a literature and philosophy movement called "Nadaísmo" with other young Colombian thinkers of his generation and that was inspired by the Colombian philosopher Fernando...
, poet and novelist - Porfirio Barba-JacobPorfirio Barba-JacobMiguel Ángel Osorio Benítez , better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer....
- Andrés CaicedoAndrés CaicedoLuis Andrés Caicedo Estela was a Colombian writer born in Cali, the city where he would spend most of his life. Despite his premature death, his work is considered one of the most original in Colombian literature...
- James CañónJames CañónBorn and raised in Ibagué, Colombia, James Cañón received his B.A in advertising from Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano of Bogotá. He moved to New York in the mid 1990s to study English, and later earned his MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. His short stories and essays have been...
- Tomás CarrasquillaTomás CarrasquillaTomás Carrasquilla Naranjo was a Colombian writer who lived in the Antioquia region. He dedicated himself to very simple jobs: tailor, secretary of a judge, storekeeper in a mine, and worker of the Ministry of Public Works...
- Germán Castro CaycedoGermán Castro CaycedoGermán Castro Caycedo is a Colombian journalist and writer. Castro Caycedo's topics revolve around the Colombian reality, under the parameters of the cultural identity and its social and economic phenomena....
- Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García MárquezGabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in...
, Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
winner (1982) - Adolfo León GómezAdolfo León GómezAdolfo León Gómez was a Colombian poet, jurist and politician born in Pasca, Cundinamarca. He was a grandson of Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, the first civilian woman writer in Colombia.-Further reading:...
, poet - Jorge IsaacsJorge IsaacsJorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....
- Jaime ManriqueJaime Manrique-Background:Manrique was born in Barranquilla, Colombia and earned a B.A. from the University of South Florida.-Writing career:His first poetry volume won Colombia's National Poetry Award. Additionally, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to write his memoirs and has contributed to Shade , a gay,...
, writer and painter - Santiago Martinez DelgadoSantiago Martínez DelgadoSantiago Martínez Delgado 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 woodcarvings....
, writer and painter - Álvaro MutisÁlvaro MutisÁlvaro Mutis Jaramillo is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist and author of the compendium The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll.-Early life:...
- Rafael PomboRafael Pombo"Rafael Pombo is one of the great poets of Colombia, and the best exponent of romanticism in the country". Great Encyclopedia of ColombiaJosé Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo was a Colombian poet born in Bogotá...
- Laura RestrepoLaura RestrepoLaura Restrepo is one of the most skilled writers to emerge from Latin America since the days of the Latin American Boom. She was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1950 and after about 25 years she began to write her first serious works, mainly political columns. Her first fiction novel, Isle of...
- José Eustasio RiveraJosé Eustasio RiveraJosé Eustasio Rivera Salas was a Colombian lawyer and poet primarily known for his national epic The Vortex.-Early life:...
- Daniel Samper PizanoDaniel Samper PizanoDaniel Samper Pizano is a Colombian lawyer, journalist, and prolific writer.-Career:Samper attended the Gimnasio Moderno, where he began writing in the students newspaper El Aguilucho. At the age of 19 he worked for the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo as a reporter...
- José Asunción SilvaJosé Asunción SilvaJosé Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...
- Guillermo ValenciaGuillermo ValenciaGuillermo Valencia Castillo was a Colombian poet and translator. He was the father of Guillermo León Valencia , Colombian president during 1962-1966....
- Fernando VallejoFernando VallejoFernando Vallejo Rendón is a novelist, filmmaker and essayist, born in Colombia. He obtained Mexican nationality in 2007.Vallejo was born and raised in Medellín, though he left his hometown early in life...
- José María Vargas VilaJosé María Vargas VilaJosé María Vargas Vila Bonilla . Colombian writer.He was one of the most controversial writers in the beginning of 20th century in the American continent, Jose Maria Vargas Vila characterized by its radical liberal ideals and the consequent critic against the clergy, the conservative ideas and the...
- Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazábal
- Javier Amaya
- León de GreiffLeón de GreiffFrancisco de Asís León Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler , was a Colombian poet of the 20th century he is notable for his stylistic innovations and eclectic deliberate use of obscure lexicon. Best known simply as León de Greiff, he often used different pen names of which the most popular were Leo le Gris...
Ecuador
- See also Ecuadorian writers
- Jorge Enrique AdoumJorge Enrique AdoumJorge Enrique Adoum was an Ecuadorian poet and writer. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. Social concerns were always present in his work.-Biography:...
- Pablo Balarezo MoncayoPablo Balarezo MoncayoPablo Balarezo Moncayo was an Ecuadorian poet, journalist and essayist. He was active in the literary and cultural circles of his native city, Ambato, and in those of Quito, Cuenca and Guayaquil.-Works:Poetry:...
- Jorge Carrera AndradeJorge Carrera AndradeJorge 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...
- Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992), journalist
- Fanny Carrión de FierroFanny Carrión de FierroFanny Carrión de Fierro is a poet, literary critic, essayist and university professor.She received a Doctorate in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador , as well as a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor's degree in Education...
, poet, essayist, professor - Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979)
- Osvaldo HurtadoOsvaldo HurtadoLuis Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea is an Ecuadorian author and politician who served as President of Ecuador from 1981 to 1984....
- Jorge Icaza CoronelJorge Icaza CoronelJorge Icaza Coronel was a writer from Ecuador, best known for his novel Huasipungo, which brought attention to the exploitation of Ecuador's Native Americans by Ecuadorian whites.-Playwright:Jorge Icaza’s literary career began as a playwright...
(1906–1978), novelist and playwright - Edna IturraldeEdna IturraldeEdna Iturralde is an Ecuadorian author who has won multiple national and international awards. She is considered the most important figure in children and young adult's literature of her country and, with thirty-eight books published, some of them in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Spain, this author...
- Ignacio LassoIgnacio LassoIgnacio Lasso was an Ecuadorian poet born in Quito. He was the mentor and founder of the magazine of the poets of Elan, a group integrated by Ecuadorian poets born between 1905 and 1920. He collaborated with several magazines of his time...
- Juan MontalvoJuan MontalvoJuan María Montalvo Fiallos was an Ecuadorian author and essayist.Born in Ambato to José Marcos Montalvo and Josefa Fiallos, he studied philosophy and law in Quito before returning to his hometown in 1854. He held diplomatic posts in Italy and France from 1857 to 1859...
- Juan León MeraJuan León MeraJuan León Mera Martínez was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, journalist, critic, politician and satirist....
(1832–1894), poet and novelist - Adalberto OrtizAdalberto OrtizAdalberto Ortiz was a novelist, poet and diplomat born in Esmeraldas, a province of Ecuador.Among his most important literary works we find his novel Juyungo, his poetry collection Earth, Sound and Drum, and the short story collection called Entundada; His most defining feature as a writer was the...
(1914–2003), novelist and poet
Peru
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- José María ArguedasJosé María ArguedasJosé María Arguedas Altamirano was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist who wrote mainly in Spanish, although some of his poetry is in Quechua...
- Jaime BaylyJaime BaylyJaime Bayly Letts is a Peruvian writer, journalist and television personality. He is the third of 10 children and is known as "el niño terrible" .-Early life:...
- Alfredo Bryce Echenique
- Manuel González PradaManuel González PradaJose Manuel de los Reyes González de Prada y Ulloa was a Peruvian politician and anarchist, literary critic and director of the National Library of Peru...
- Clorinda Matto de TurnerClorinda Matto de TurnerClorinda Matto de Turner was a Peruvian writer who lived during the age of the Latin American independence movements. Her own independence inspired women throughout the region as her writings sparked controversy in her own culture.- Biography :She was born and raised in Cuzco, Peru...
- José Carlos MariáteguiJosé Carlos MariáteguiJosé Carlos Mariátegui La Chira was a Peruvian journalist, political philosopher, and activist. A prolific writer before his early death at age 35, he is considered one of the most influential Latin American socialists of the 20th century...
- Julio Ramón RibeyroJulio Ramón RibeyroJulio Ramón Ribeyro Zúñiga was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories. He was also successful in other genres: novel, essay, theater, diary and aphorism. In the year of his death, he was awarded the US$100,000 Premio Juan Rulfo de literatura latinoamericana y del Caribe...
- Abraham ValdelomarAbraham ValdelomarPedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...
- Mario Vargas LlosaMario Vargas LlosaJorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation...
, Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
winner (2010)
Venezuela
- :Category:Venezuelan writers
Brazil
Cuba
- Reinaldo ArenasReinaldo ArenasReinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who despite his early sympathy for the 1959 revolution, grew critical of and then rebelled against the Cuban government.- Life :...
- Guillermo Cabrera InfanteGuillermo Cabrera InfanteGuillermo Cabrera Infante was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín.A one-time supporter of the Castro regime, Cabrera Infante went into exile to London in 1965...
- Alejo CarpentierAlejo CarpentierAlejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Carpentier grew up in Havana, Cuba; and despite his European birthplace, Carpentier strongly self-identified...
- Daína ChavianoDaína ChavianoDaina Chaviano is a Cuban writer.She is considered one of the three most important female fantasy and science fiction writers in the Spanish language, along with Angélica Gorodischer and Elia Barceló , forming the so-called “feminine trinity of science fiction in Latin America.”In Cuba, she...
- Julián del CasalJulián del CasalJosé Julián Herculano del Casal y de la Lastra was a Cuban poet.He took up many of the French poetic styles of the day, and later influenced Rubén Darío and Modernismo. Like Manuel González Prada and José Martí, Casal was an important forebearer of modernistic expression throughout Latin America...
- Gertrudis Gómez de AvellanedaGertrudis Gómez de AvellanedaGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga was a 19th century Cuban writer.-Life:Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, widely known as la Avellaneda, was born in Santa María de Puerto Príncipe , Cuba...
- Nicolás GuillénNicolás GuillénNicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.Guillén was born in Camagüey, Cuba...
- José María Heredia
- José Lezama LimaJosé Lezama LimaJosé Lezama Lima was a Cuban writer and poet who is considered one of the most influential figures in Latin American literature....
- José MartíJosé MartíJosé Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...
- Heberto PadillaHeberto PadillaHeberto Padilla was a Cuban poet. The Padilla Affair was named after him. He was born in Puerta de Golpe, Pinar del Río, Cuba. His first book of poetry, Las rosas audaces , was published in 1948...
- Virgilio PiñeraVirgilio PiñeraVirgilio Piñera Llera was a Cuban author, playwright, poet, short-story writer, and essayist.Among his most famous poems are "La isla en peso" , and "La gran puta" . He was a member of the "Origenes" literary group, although he often differed with the conservative views of the group...
- Severo SarduySevero SarduySevero Sarduy was a Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art.-Biography:...
- Pedro Juan GutiérrezPedro Juan GutiérrezPedro Juan Gutiérrez, born in 1950 , is a Cuban novelist.-History:Gutiérrez 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, agricultural worker, technician in construction, technical designer,...
Dominican Republic
- :Category:Dominican Republic writers
- See also Dominican Republic writers
- Julia AlvarezJulia ÁlvarezJulia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York of Dominican descent, she spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political rebellion forced her family to flee the country.Alvarez rose to...
- ArambiletArambiletAngel Luis Arambilet Alvarez [ARAMBILET] is a writer, screenplayer, painter, graphic artist, filmmaker and systems engineer....
- Joaquín BalaguerJoaquín BalaguerJoaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996.-Early life and introduction to politics:...
- Juan BoschJuan BoschJuan Emilio Bosch Gaviño was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael...
- Manuel del CabralManuel del CabralManuel del Cabral was a Dominican poet and writer.In 1992 he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura.-Work and Reception:...
- Aída Cartagena PortalatínAída Cartagena PortalatínAída Cartagena Portalatín was a prolific poet, fiction writer and essayist. She wrote in Spanish. Some of her work has been translated into English and other languages....
- Hilma ContrerasHilma ContrerasHilma Contreras Castillo was a Dominican writer, born in San Francisco de Macorís.Educated in Paris, where she studied French and English, as well as literature and archaeology. She returned to the Dominican Republic in 1933...
- Jordhy LedesmaJordhy LedesmaJordhy Ledesma is an award winning Dominican poet, mathematician, chess player and businessman born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic in 1978...
- Junot DíazJunot DíazJunot Díaz is a Dominican-American writer and creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Central to Díaz's work is the immigrant experience...
- Pedro Henríquez UreñaPedro Henríquez UreñaPedro Henríquez Ureña was a Dominican intellectual, essayist, philosopher, humanist, philologist and literary critic.-Early works:Pedro Henríquez Ureña was born in Santo Domingo, the third of four siblings...
- Leopoldo MinayaLeopoldo MinayaLeopoldo Minaya is a Dominican poet. He is well known as a member of the Generation of 1980 literary movement in the Dominican Republic. He won the 201 Miguel de Cervantes Cultural Association Award that is awarded annually in Barcelona, Spain. His works have been published by various Spanish and...
- Pedro MirPedro MirPedro Julio Mir Valentín was a Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent poets of the 1940s" in Dominican poetry.His father, a Cuban mechanical engineer, migrated from Cuba to the Dominican Republic...
- Salomé UreñaSalomé UreñaSalomé Ureña de Henríquez better known as Salomé Ureña, was a revered poet and pedagogist of the Dominican Republic. Born in Santo Domingo in 1850, she was one of the central figures of lyrical poetry of the 19th century and an innovator of the feminine education in her country.-Biography:Ureña...
Haiti
- :Category:Haitian writers
- See also Haitian writers
- Edwidge Danticat
- René DepestreRené DepestreRené Depestre is a Haitian poet and communist. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many years and was a founder of the Casa de las Americas publishing house. He is best known for his poetry.-Life:...
- Roger DorsinvilleRoger DorsinvilleRoger Dorsinville was a Haitian poet, journalist, novelist, politician, and diplomat. Born in Port-au-Prince, Dorsinville attended military school before serving as the Minister of Public Health and ambassador to Venezuela...
- Franck Étienne
- Frédéric MarcelinFrédéric MarcelinFrédéric Marcelin was a Haitian writer and politician. Born in Port-au-Prince, Marcelin was best known for the three novels Marilisse , La Vengeance de Mama , and Thémistocle Epaminondas Labasterre...
- Félix Morisseau-LeroyFélix Morisseau-LeroyFélix Morisseau-Leroy , was a Haitian writer who wrote in Haitian Créole for poetry and plays, the first significant writer to do so. By 1961 he succeeded in having Créole recognized as an official language of Haiti, after expanding its teaching in schools and use in creative literature. Morisseau...
- Justin LhérissonJustin LhérissonJustin Lhérisson was a Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacher. He is best known for two novels, La Famille des Pititecaille and Zoune Chez sa Ninnaine , and for being the author of the lyrics of Haiti's national anthem, La Dessalinienne.Born in Port-au-Prince, Lhérisson held a law degree...
- Jacques RoumainJacques RoumainJacques Roumain was a Haitian writer, politician, and advocate of Communism. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. Although poorly known in the English-speaking world, Roumain has significant following in Europe, and is renowned in the Caribbean and Latin America...
Puerto Rico
- Fray Íñigo Abbad y LasierraFray Iñigo Abbad y LasierraFray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra , born in Estadilla, Spain, was a Benedictine monk and the first historian to extensively document Puerto Rico's history, nationality and culture....
- Manuel AlonsoManuel AlonsoManuel Alonso was a former Spanish top-ranking tennis player.Alonso was a Wimbledon All-comers finalist in 1921 and French Open semi-finalist in 1921 as well. He was a quarter-finalist in the U.S. Championships in 1922, 1923, 1925, and 1927. Additionally, Alonso was a Davis Cup Team Member in...
- Alejandrina Benítez de GautierAlejandrina Benitez de GautierAlejandrina Benítez de GautierThis name uses Spanish marriage naming customs; the first is the maiden family name "Benítez" and the second or matrimonial family name is "Gautier". is considered by many to be one of Puerto Rico's greatest poets.-Early years:Benítez de Gautier, born in Mayagüez,...
- Giannina BraschiGiannina BraschiGiannina Braschi is a Puerto Rican writer. She is credited with writing the first Spanglish novel YO-YO BOING! and the poetry trilogy Empire of Dreams , which chronicles the Latin American immigrant's experiences in the United States...
- Julia de BurgosJulia de BurgosJulia Constancia Burgos García is considered by many as the greatest poet to have been born in Puerto Rico, and along with Gabriela Mistral, is considered as one of the greatest female poets of Latin America...
- Nemesio CanalesNemesio CanalesNemesio R. Canales was a Puerto Rican essayist, journalist, novelist, playwright, politician and activist who defended women's civil rights...
- Cayetano Coll y TosteCayetano Coll y TosteDr. Cayetano Coll y Toste , was a Puerto Rican historian and writer. He was the patriach of a prominent family of Puerto Rican, educators, politicians and writers.-Early years:...
- Virgilio DávilaVirgilio DávilaVirgilio Dávila , was a Puerto Rican poet, educator, politician and businessman. He is considered by many to be one of Puerto Rico's greatest representatives of the modern literary era.-Early years:...
- Abelardo Díaz AlfaroAbelardo Díaz AlfaroAbelardo Díaz Alfaro was a Puerto Rican author who reached great fame throughout Latin America during the 1940s. Some say his actual year of birth was 1919, but officially it was always announced as 1916...
- José de DiegoJosé de DiegoJosé de Diego y Martínez , known as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement", was a statesman, journalist, poet, lawyer, and advocate for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain and from the United States....
- Edwin FigueroaEdwin FigueroaEdwin Figueroa is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the bantamweight division of the UFC. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Figueroa fought in regional promotions in his home state of Texas before signing with Zuffa in 2011....
- Rosario FerréRosario FerréDr. Rosario Ferré is a Puerto Rican writer, poet and essayist. Her father, Luis A. Ferré, was the third elected Governor of Puerto Rico, and the founding father of the New Progressive Party. When her mother, Lorenza Ramírez de Arellano, died in 1970...
- Magali García RamisMagali García Ramis-Biography:Magali García Ramis was born in 1946 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. She lived all her childhood in this borough of San Juan, with her mother, father and brothers, near her mother's family, with close relations with uncles, cousins and her maternal grandmother...
- José Gautier BenítezJosé Gautier BenítezJosé Gautier Benítez is considered Puerto Rico's best poet of the Romantic Era.-Early years:Gautier Benítez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico to Rodulfo Gautier and the renowned Puerto Rican poet, Alejandrina Benitez de Gautier. His great-aunt, Maria Bibiana Benitez, was also a renowned Puerto Rican...
- José Luis GonzálezJosé Luis González (writer)José Luis González was a Puerto Rican essayist, novelist, short story writer, university professor, and journalist who lived most of his life in exile in Mexico due to his pro-independence political views...
- Eugenio María de HostosEugenio María de HostosEugenio María de Hostos known as "El Ciudadano de América" , was a Puerto Rican educator, philosopher, intellectual, lawyer, sociologist and independence advocate....
- Enrique LaguerreEnrique LaguerreEnrique Arturo Laguerre Vélez was a Nobel literature prize nominee, teacher and critic from Moca, Puerto Rico...
- Clara Lair
- Tato LavieraTato LavieraTato Laviera is a Nuyorican poet. Born in Puerto Rico, he moved to New York City with his family in 1960.Laviera's poetry, which is written sometimes in Spanish, sometimes in English, more often in Spanglish, addresses language, cultural identity, race, and memory, particularly as it affects the...
- Juan Damián López de HaroJuan Damián López de HaroFriar Juan Damián López de Haro was a member of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and served as Bishop of Puerto Rico in 1644...
- Luis López NievesLuis López NievesLuis López Nieves is one of the most influential and best-selling Puerto Rican authors ever. He has won the National Literature Prize on two occasions: first, in 2000, with his book of historical short stories ; second, in 2005, with his novel . He published two other books including Seva, and ...
- René MarquésRené MarquesRené Marqués was a renowned Puerto Rican short story writer and playwright.-Early years:Marqués was born, raised and educated in the city of Arecibo...
- Nemir Matos-CintrónNemir Matos-CintrónNemir Matos-Cintrón is a Puerto Rican author who currently resides in Florida. She has published several books of poetry and parts of a novel. She has openly thematized her lesbianism in much of her work.-Life:...
- Francisco Matos PaoliFrancisco Matos PaoliFrancisco Matos Paoli March 9, 1915 - July 10, 2000), was a poet, critic, and essayist who in 1977 was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Paoli was also a Secretary General of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and a renowned Puerto Rican patriot...
- Olga NollaOlga NollaOlga Nolla was a Puerto Rican poet, writer, journalist and professor.-Early life:...
- Luis Palés MatosLuis Palés MatosLuis Palés Matos was a Puerto Rican poet who is credited with creating the poetry genre known as Afro-Antillano.-Early years:...
- Benito Pastoriza IyodoBenito Pastoriza IyodoBenito Pastoriza Iyodo is a Puerto Rican author of poetry, fiction and literary articles. He is known for the daring topics of his literary creations, which are both lyrical and thought provoking. He writes primarily in Spanish...
- Pedro PietriPedro PietriPedro Pietri , was a Nuyorican poet and playwright who co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was the poet laureate of the Nuyorican Movement.-Early years :...
- Miguel PiñeroMiguel PiñeroMiguel Piñero was a Puerto Rican playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement.-Early years:...
- Manuel Ramos OteroManuel Ramos OteroManuel Ramos Otero was a Puerto Rican writer. He is widely considered to be the most important openly gay twentieth-century Puerto Rican writer who wrote in Spanish, and his work was often controversial due to its sexual and political content...
- Lola Rodríguez de TíoLola Rodríguez de TioLola Rodríguez de TióThis name uses Spanish marriage naming customs; the first is the maiden family name " Rodríguez" and the second or matrimonial family name is "Tió"., , was the first Puerto Rican born poetess to establish herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America...
- Luis Rafael SánchezLuis Rafael SanchezDr. Luis Rafael Sánchez a.k.a. "Wico" is a Puerto Rican playwright. Possibly his best known play is La Pasión según Antigona Pérez , a tragedy based on the life of Olga Viscal Garriga-Early years:...
- Esmeralda SantiagoEsmeralda SantiagoEsmeralda Santiago is a Puerto Rican author and former actress known for her novels and memoirs.-Early life:Santiago was born on 17 May 1948 in the San Juan district of Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. In 1961, she came to the continental United States when she was thirteen years old, the...
- Mayra Santos-FebresMayra Santos-FebresMayra Santos-Febres is a Puerto Rican author, poet, novelist, professor of literature, and literary critic who has garnered fame at home and abroad....
- Alejandro Tapia y RiveraAlejandro Tapia y RiveraAlejandro Tapia y Rivera was a Puerto Rican poet, dramaturg, essayist and writer. Tapia is considered to be the father of Puerto Rican literature and as the person who has contributed the most to the cultural advancement of Puerto Rico's literature...
- Diego de Torres VargasDiego de Torres VargasFather Diego de Torres Vargas , a priest, was the first person to write a book about the history of Puerto Rico.-Early years:Torres Vargas was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a prosperous family...
- Luz María UmpierreLuz María UmpierreLuz María Umpierre-Herrera is a Puerto Rican poet, scholar, and human rights activist who lives in the United States. She is also known as Luzma Umpierre. She is widely recognized for her open exploration of her lesbianism, immigrant experience, and bilingualism, and for her poetic exchange with...
- Ana Lydia VegaAna Lydia VegaAna Lydia Vega is a celebrated Puerto Rican female writer. She has received the Premio Juan Rulfo and the Premio Casa de las Américas . Vega was a professor of French literature and Caribbean studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras...
- Manuel Zeno GandíaManuel Zeno GandíaDr. Manuel Zeno Gandía wrote the novel La Charca , which is considered by many to be the first Puerto Rican novel.-Early years:...
El Salvador
- :Category:Salvadoran writers
- See also Salvadoran writers
- Claribel AlegríaClaribel AlegríaClara Isabel Alegría Vides is a Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She writes under the pseudonym Claribel Alegría.-Early life:...
, poet and testimonialist - Manlio ArguetaManlio ArguetaManlio Argueta is a Salvadoran writer, critic, and novelist born in 1935. Although he considers himself first and foremost a poet, he is known in the English speaking world for his book One Day of Life.- Life :...
, novelist - Roque DaltonRoque DaltonRoque Dalton García was a Salvadoran poet and journalist. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets...
, poet and revolutionary - Jacinta EscudosJacinta EscudosJacinta Escudos, born in San Salvador, is a writer whose body of work includes novels, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and journalistic chronicles that have been published in such Central American daily outlets as La Nación , La Prensa Gráfica , and El Nuevo Diario...
, novelist - Claudia LarsClaudia LarsClaudia Lars, born in Armenia, El Salvador on December 20, 1899 as Margarita del Carmen Brannon Vega, was a Salvadoran poet. She died in San Salvador in 1974...
, poet - SalarruéSalarruéSalvador Efraín Salazar Arrué , known as Salarrué , was a Salvadoran writer, poet and painter...
(Salvador Salazar Arrué), novelist, poet, painter
Honduras
- :Category:Honduran writers
- Óscar AcostaÓscar AcostaÓscar Acosta is a Honduran writer, critic, politician and diplomat. Acosta started as a journalist in Peru for Tegucigalpa Magazine....
(1933-), poet and critic - Ramón Amaya AmadorRamón Amaya Amador-Biography:Amaya was born in Olanchito in the department of Yoro. After being educated in La Ceiba he worked on the banana plantations along the Northern Caribbean coast of Honduras. He published his first work in 1939. He became a journalist in 1941 for El Atlántico , a La Ceiba newspaper. In...
(1916–1966), novelist and journalist - Eduardo BährEduardo BährEduardo Bähr 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 Mistral Medal by the government of Chile...
(1940-) - Augusto CoelloAugusto CoelloAugusto Constantino Coello Estévez was a Honduran-born writer. Coello wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of Honduras....
(1884–1941) - Javier Abril EspinozaJavier Abril EspinozaJavier Abril Espinoza , Honduran writer based in Switzerland. He writes for the newspaper The Herald of Honduras and collaborates with various literary magazines of Latin America....
(1967-) - Augusto MonterrosoAugusto Monterroso"The Dinosaur" redirects here. For the song by Was , see Walk the Dinosaur. For other uses, see Dinosaur Augusto Monterroso Bonilla was a Guatemalan writer.-Life:...
(1921–2003) - Roberto Sosa (1930-), poet
Nicaragua
- Claribel AlegríaClaribel AlegríaClara Isabel Alegría Vides is a Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She writes under the pseudonym Claribel Alegría.-Early life:...
(1924), poet, she received the Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureNeustadt International Prize for LiteratureThe Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial award for literature sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, World Literature Today. It is widely considered to be the most prestigious international literary prize after the Nobel Prize in...
in 2006. - Emilio Álvarez LejarzaEmilio Álvarez LejarzaEmilio was a Nicaraguan government official and jurist.-Biography:In 1884, Emilio Álvarez Lejarza was born on 25 October in Granada, Nicaragua Central America....
(1884–1969), writer - Emilio Álvarez MontalvánEmilio Álvarez MontalvánEmilio is a Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and a former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua.-Biography:In 1919, Emilio Álvarez Montalván was born on 31 July in Managua, Nicaragua. In 1946 , Álvarez received a Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the "School of Medicine, University of Chile", cum laude...
(1919), political writer - Gioconda BelliGioconda BelliGioconda Belli is an author, novelist and renowned Nicaraguan poet.-Early life:Gioconda Belli, of Northern Italian descent, was an active participant in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship, and her work for the movement led to her being forced into exile in Mexico in 1975...
(1948), poet - Tomás Borge (1930), writer, poet, and essayist.
- Omar CabezasOmar CabezasOmar Cabezas Lacayo is a Nicaraguan author, revolutionary and politician. He was a commander in the guerrilla war against Somoza, and prominent Sandinista party member...
(1950), writer - Ernesto CardenalErnesto CardenalReverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez is a Nicaraguan Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, a party he has since left. From 1979 to 1987 he served as Nicaragua's first culture minister. He is also famous as a poet...
(1925), poet - Blanca CastellónBlanca CastellonBlanca Castellon is a celebrated Nicaraguan poet. She is the author of Ama del espíritu , Flotaciones and Orilla opuesta . She is also the winner of Instituto de Estudios Modernistas of poetry in Valencia, Spain...
(1958), poet - José Coronel UrtechoJosé Coronel UrtechoJosé Coronel Urtecho 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 century"...
(1906–1994), poet, translator, essayist, critic, narrator, playwright, and historian. - Alfonso CortésAlfonso CortésAlfonso Cortés was a Nicaraguan poet. He is often referred to as the most important poet after Rubén Darío. Before his death, he often said he was "less important than Darío, but more profound".-Early life:...
(1893–1969), poet - Arturo CruzArturo Cruz, Jr.Arturo José Cruz Sequeira is the son of Nicaraguan politician Arturo Cruz. He became involved in the exile politics of the Contra rebels opposing the Sandinista government in the 1980s, and more recently served as the Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States for two years from 2007 to 2009...
(1954), writer - Pablo Antonio CuadraPablo Antonio CuadraPablo Antonio Cuadra was a Nicaraguan essayist, art and literary critic, playwright, graphic artist and one of the most famous poets of Nicaragua.-Early life and career:...
(1912–2002), poet - Rubén DaríoRubén DaríoFélix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
(1867–1916), poet, referred to as The Father of ModernismModernismoModernismo is Spanish for modernism, however the term Modernism also indicates a more specific art movement:* Modernismo refers to a Spanish-American literary movement, best exemplified by Rubén Darío...
. - Salomón Ibarra MayorgaSalomón Ibarra MayorgaSalomón Ibarra Mayorga 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 patriotic...
(1887–1985), poet and lyricist of "Salve a ti, Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national anthem. - Erwin KrügerErwin KrügerErwin Krüger Urroz was a Nicaraguan folklore poet and singer.He was born in León, Nicaragua to a German father and Nicaraguan mother.-References:...
(1915–1973), poet and composer. - Francisco MayorgaFrancisco MayorgaFrancisco Mayorga is a Nicaraguan economist and writer who specializes in international finance and economic development....
(1949), writer - Christianne Meneses JacobsChristianne Meneses JacobsChristianne Meneses Jacobs is a Nicaraguan American writer, editor, and teacher. She is also publisher of Iguana, the United States' only Spanish-language magazine for children.-Nicaragua :...
(1971), writer, editor, and publisher. - Rosario MurilloRosario MurilloRosario Murillo is a Nicaraguan poet and revolutionary who fought in the Sandinista revolution in 1979. She is also the wife of current President Daniel Ortega and is the First Lady of Nicaragua, a title she also held in 1985 when her husband became President 6 years after the Sandinista National...
(1951), poet - Daniel OrtegaDaniel OrtegaJosé Daniel Ortega Saavedra is a Nicaraguan politician and revolutionary, currently serving as the 83rd President of Nicaragua, a position that he has held since 2007. He previously served as the 79th President, between 1985 and 1990, and for much of his life, has been a leader in the Sandinista...
(1945), poet - Azarías H. PallaisAzarias PallaisAzarías de Jesús Pallais or Azarías H. Pallais is regarded as one of Nicaragua's greatest poets. He was born in León. Pallais's father was a medical doctor and his mother was a niece of liberal statesman Maximo Jerez...
(1884–1954), poet - Joaquín PasosJoaquín PasosJoaquín Pasos was a Nicaraguan poet, narrator, and essayist. He was one of the leading figures of the national Vanguardia literary movement...
(1914–1947), poet - Horacio PeñaHoracio Peña (Author)Horacio Peña is a professor, writer, and poet.Currently an instructor at Huston-Tillotson College and the Seminary of the Southwest—both in Austin, Texas, he is often recognized as the most important Nicaraguan American poet....
(1946), writer and poet. - Sergio RamírezSergio RamírezSergio Ramírez Mercado is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as Vice President of the country 1985-1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega.Born in Masatepe in 1942, he published his first book, Cuentos, in 1963...
(1942), writer - Arlen SiuArlen SiuArlen Siu Bermúdez was a Chinese Nicaraguan who became one of the first female martyrs of the Sandinista revolution. She was born in Jinotepe, Nicaragua in 1952. Her father was Chinese and her mother was Nicaraguan....
(?-1972), essayist - Julio Valle CastilloJulio Valle CastilloJulio Valle Castillo , was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a poet, novelist, painter, essayist, and a critic of literature and art.-Early life and career:...
(1952), poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and art critic - Daisy ZamoraDaisy ZamoraDaisy Zamora is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Latin American poetry. Her work is known for its uncompromising voice and wide-ranging subject matter that dwells on the details of daily life while encompassing human rights, politics, revolution, feminist issues, art, history and...
(1950), poet
Panama
- :Category:Panamanian writers
- See also Panamanian writers
- Rosa María BrittonRosa María BrittonRosa María Britton is a Panamanian novelist born on July 28, 1936 in Panama City.-Background and education:Her father was Cuban and her mother was Panamanian. She attended school in Panama City and her secondary studies in Havana, Cuba...
, writer - Gloria GuardiaGloria GuardiaGloria Guardia is a Panamanian novelist, essayist and journalist. A Fellow of the Panamanian Academy of Letters and Associate Fellow of the Spanish Royal Academy, the Colombian and the Nicaraguan Academy of Letters.-Education:...
, novelist and essayist - María Olimpia de ObaldíaMaría Olimpia de ObaldíaMaría Olimpia de Obaldía , was a Panamanian poet. The daughter of Manuel del Rosario Miranda and Felipa Rovira, she was born in Dolega, in the province of Chiriquí Province...
- Ricardo MiróRicardo MiróRicardo Miró , is a Panamanian writer and is considered to be the most noteworthy poet of this country....
, poet - José Luis Rodríguez PittíJosé Luis Rodríguez PittíJosé Luis Rodríguez Pittí is a contemporary writer and documentary photographer. He was born in Panamá.He is the author of short stories, poems and essays and published the books "Panamá Blues" , "miniTEXTOS" , "Sueños urbanos" , "Crónica de invisibles" José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 29 March...
, writer and photographer
Mexico
- NezahualcóyotlNezahualcoyotlNezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...
(1402–1472) - Juan Ruiz de AlarcónJuan Ruiz de AlarcónJuan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza , one of the greatest Novohispanic dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain .-Genealogy:...
(1581–1639) - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695)
- José Joaquín Fernández de LizardiJosé Joaquín Fernández de LizardiJosé Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi , Mexican writer and political journalist, best known as the author of El Periquillo Sarniento , reputed to be the first novel written in Latin America....
(1776–1827) - Ignacio Manuel AltamiranoIgnacio Manuel AltamiranoIgnacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio was a Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician.Altamirano was born in Tixtla, Guerrero, of pure indigenous Nahua heritage. His father was the mayor of Tixtla, this allowed Ignacio to attend school there...
(1834–1893) - José Rosas MorenoJosé Rosas MorenoJosé Rosas Moreno was a Mexican writer of fables of the 19th century, son of Don Ignacio Rosas and Doña Claya Moreno.-Public office:...
(1838–1883) - Manuel AcuñaManuel AcuñaManuel Acuña Narro was a 19th-century Mexican writer. He focused on poetry, but also wrote some novels and plays. Even though he was famous at an early time of his life, he decided to commit suicide...
(1849–1873) - Salvador Díaz MirónSalvador Díaz MirónSalvador Díaz Mirón 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 verse was more classical in mode. His poem, A Gloria, was influential...
(1853–1928) - Manuel Gutiérrez NájeraManuel Gutiérrez NájeraManuel Gutiérrez Nájera was a Mexican writer and political figure.-Background:He was born in Mexico City on December 22, 1859, and in his youth worked as a journalist and was elected as a Deputy....
(1858–1895) - Amado NervoAmado NervoAmado Nervo also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo was the Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay, journalist, poet, and educator. His poetry was known for its use of metaphor and reference to mysticism, presenting both love and religion, as well as Christianity and Hinduism...
(1870–1919) - Mariano AzuelaMariano AzuelaMariano Azuela González was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910...
(1873–1952) - Alfonso ReyesAlfonso ReyesAlfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat.-Early life:Alfonso Reyes parents were Bernardo Reyes and Aurelia Ochoa...
(1889–1959) - Bruno Traven (1890–1969)
- Manuel Maples ArceManuel Maples ArceManuel Maples Arce was a Mexican poet, lawyer, diplomat and writer, founder of the Stridentism movement in 1921....
(1898–1981) - Germán List ArzubideGermán List ArzubideGermán List Arzubide 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 revolutionary leaders in his poetry...
(1898–1998) - Carlos PellicerCarlos PellicerCarlos Pellicer Cámara , born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, was part of the first wave of modernist Mexican poets and was heavily active in the promotion of Mexican art and literature...
(1899–1977) - Arqueles VelaArqueles VelaArqueles Vela was a Mexican writer, journalist and teacher, of Guatemalan origin. He was one of the major members of Stridentism movement and author of La señorita Etcétera , one of the earliest avant-garde narrative works.- Poetry and narrative:*El sendero gris y otros poemas inútiles *La...
(1899–1977) - Xavier VillaurrutiaXavier VillaurrutiaXavier Villaurrutia y González was a Mexican poet and playwright, whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas, called Autos profanos, compiled in the work Poesía y teatro completos published in 1953....
(1903–1951) - Agustín YáñezAgustín YáñezAgustín Yáñez Delgadillo was a notable Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education during Gustavo Díaz Ordaz's presidency...
(1904–1980) - Salvador NovoSalvador NovoSalvador Novo López was a Mexican writer, poet, playwright, translator, television presenter, entrepreneur, and the official chronicler of Mexico City, his birthplace and home. As a noted intellectual, he influenced popular perceptions of politics, media, the arts, and Mexican society in general...
(1904–1974) - Octavio PazOctavio PazOctavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:...
(1914–1998) - José RevueltasJosé RevueltasJosé Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silvestre , Fermín and Rosaura .-Life:He was often imprisoned for his political activism, almost from the time he was a boy...
(1914–1976) - Elena GarroElena GarroElena Garro was a Mexican writer. She was once married to writer Octavio Paz.-Biography:Elena Garro was born to a Spanish father and a Mexican mother on December 11, 1916 in Puebla, Mexico. She spent her childhood in Mexico City but moved to Iguala, Guerrero, during the Cristero War...
(1917–1998) - Alí ChumaceroAli ChumaceroAlí Chumacero Lora was a Mexican poet.-Career:Chumacero was born in Acaponeta, Nayarit. He was the joint editor of Tierra Nueva magazine from 1940-42. He edited Letras de México and El Hijo Pródigo....
(1918- ) - Juan José ArreolaJuan José ArreolaJuan José Arreola Zúñiga was a Mexican writer and academic. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Latin American writers to abandon realism; he uses elements of fantasy to underscore existentialist and...
(1918–2001) - Juan RulfoJuan RulfoJuan Rulfo was a Mexican author and photographer. One of Latin America's most esteemed authors, Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo , and El Llano en llamas...
(1918–1986) - Rosario CastellanosRosario CastellanosRosario Castellanos was a Mexican poet and author. Along with the other members of the Generation of 1950 , she was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century...
(1925–1974) - Jaime SabinesJaime SabinesJaime Sabines Gutiérrez 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 work has been translated into more than twelve languages...
(1926–1999) - Tomás SegoviaTomás SegoviaTomás Segovia was a Mexican author and poet of Spanish origin. He was born in Valencia, Spain, and studied in France and Morocco. He went into exile to Mexico, where he taught at the Colegio de México and other universities...
(1927- ) - Jorge IbargüengoitiaJorge IbargüengoitiaJorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón , was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: Las Muertas , Dos Crimenes , and Los Relámpagos de Agosto Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón (Guanajuato, Mexico, January 22, 1928 -...
(1928–1983) - Carlos FuentesCarlos FuentesCarlos Fuentes Macías is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. He has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.-Biography:Fuentes was born in...
(1928- ) - Margo GlantzMargo GlantzMargo Glantz is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic.- Biography :Margo Glantz's family immigrated to Mexico from Ukraine in the 1920s. Her father, Jacobo Glantz, met her mother, Elizabeth Shapiro in Odessa, where they married...
(1930- ) - Salvador ElizondoSalvador ElizondoSalvador Elizondo Alcalde was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist...
(1932–2006) - Elena PoniatowskaElena PoniatowskaElena Poniatowska is a Mexican journalist and author. Her generation of writers include Carlos Fuentes, José Emilio Pacheco and Carlos Monsiváis.-Life:Poniatowska was born in Paris to Prince Jean Joseph Evremont Sperry Poniatowski and Paula Amor Yturbe...
(1932- ) - Juan García PonceJuan García PonceJuan García Ponce was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, essayist, translator and critic of Mexican art.-Life and works:...
(1932–2003) - Vicente LeñeroVicente LeñeroVicente Leñero Otero is a Mexican novelist, journalist, and playwright. He has written numerous books, stories, and plays, including a theatrical adaptation of Oscar Lewis's The Children of Sanchez. He was awarded the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia in 2001, and the following year he received the...
(1933- ) - Sergio PitolSergio PitolSergio Pitol Demeneghi is a prominent Mexican writer, translator and diplomat. In 2005 he received the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world....
(1933- ) - Gabriel ZaidGabriel ZaidGabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual.He was born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in 1934. He studied Engineering at the Tecnológico de Monterrey....
(1934- ) - Fernando del PasoFernando del PasoFernando del Paso Morante is a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet.Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México...
(1935- ) - Carlos MonsiváisCarlos MonsiváisCarlos Monsiváis Aceves was a Mexican writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. of French decent He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers and was considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors. His generation of writers includes Elena...
(1938- ) - José Emilio PachecoJosé Emilio PachecoJosé Emilio Pacheco Berny is a Mexican essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century....
(1939- ) - Jesús GardeaJesús GardeaJesús Gardea Rocha was a Mexican writer of fiction and short fiction.-Biography:Jesús Gardea Rocha was born on July 2, 1939, in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Vicente Gardea V. and Francisca Rocha. He studied at the Elementary School No. 306 in Delicias, and later went to study his secondary...
(1939–2000) - Homero AridjisHomero AridjisHomero Aridjis is a Mexican poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist and diplomat known for his independence.-Family and Early Life:...
(1940- ) - Héctor Aguilar CamínHéctor Aguilar CamínHéctor Aguilar Camín is a Mexican writer, journalist and historian.Aguilar Camín graduated from the Ibero-American University with a bachelor's degree in information sciences and techniques and received a doctorate's degree in history from El Colegio de México...
(1946- ) - Paco Ignacio Taibo IIPaco Ignacio Taibo IIPaco Ignacio Taibo II , is a Mexican writer and novelist....
(1949- ) - Angeles MastrettaÁngeles MastrettaÁngeles Mastretta is a Mexican author and journalist. She is well known for creating inspirational female characters and fictional pieces that reflect the social and political realities of Mexico in her life.-Background:...
(1949- ) - Laura EsquivelLaura EsquivelLaura Esquivel is a Mexican author making a noted contribution to Latin-American literature. She was born the third of four children of Julio César Esquivel, a telegraph operator, and Josefa Valdés.-Literary career:...
(1950- ) - Carmen BoullosaCarmen BoullosaCarmen Boullosa is a leading Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work is eclectic and difficult to categorize, but it generally focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context...
(1954- ) - Juan VilloroJuan VilloroJuan Villoro is a Mexican writer and journalist. He has been well known among intellectual circles in Mexico, Latin America and Spain for years, but his success among the readers grew since receiving the Herralde Prize for his novel El testigo.-Biography:Juan Villoro received his bachelor's degree...
(1956- ) - Malva FloresMalva FloresMalva Flores is a contemporary Mexican poet. She has also published short stories and essays.In 1991, she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Poesía Joven “Elías Nandino” for her book of poems Pasión de caza. In 1999, she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Poesía Aguascalientes, for her book of...
(1961- ) - Elvia ArdalaniElvia ArdalaniElvia Ardalani or Elvia García Ardalani, born on June 4, 1963 in Heroica Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico, is a Mexican writer, poet, and storyteller...
(1963- )
Argentina
- César AiraCésar AiraCésar Aira is an Argentine writer and translator, and an exponent of Argentine contemporary literature. He has published over fifty books of stories, novels and essays...
- Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis BorgesJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
- Adolfo Bioy CasaresAdolfo Bioy CasaresAdolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, and translator. He was a friend and collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges, and wrote what many consider one of the best pieces of fantastic fiction, the novella The Invention of Morel.-Biography:Adolfo Bioy...
- Emeterio CerroEmeterio CerroHéctor Medina, better known by his literary pen name as Emeterio Cerro was an Argentine poet, playwright and short fiction writer.-Biography:...
- Julio CortázarJulio CortázarJulio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine writer. Cortázar, known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, influenced an entire generation of Spanish speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe.-Early life:Cortázar's parents, Julio José Cortázar and...
- Antonio Di BenedettoAntonio di BenedettoAntonio di Benedetto , was an Argentine journalist and writer.-Publishing Career:...
- Esteban EcheverríaEsteban EcheverríaJosé Esteban Antonio Echeverría was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and political activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature, not only through his own writings but also through his organizational efforts...
- Macedonio FernandezMacedonio FernandezMacedonio Fernández was an Argentine writer, humorist, and philosopher. His writings included novels, stories, poetry, journalism, and works not easily classified. He was a mentor to Jorge Luis Borges and other avant-garde Argentine writers. Seventeen years of his correspondence with Borges was...
- Fogwill
- Juan GelmanJuan GelmanJuan Gelman is an Argentine poet. He has published more than twenty books of poetry since 1956. He won the Cervantes Prize in 2007, the most important in Spanish literature...
- Oliverio GirondoOliverio GirondoOliverio Girondo was an Argentine poet. He was born in Buenos Aires to a relatively wealthy family, enabling him from a young age to travel to Europe, where he studied in both Paris and England...
- Che GuevaraChe GuevaraErnesto "Che" Guevara , commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist...
(born in Rosario, Argentina) - Ricardo GüiraldesRicardo GüiraldesRicardo Güiraldes was an Argentine novelist and poet, one of the most significant Argentine writers of his era, particularly known for his 1926 novel Don Segundo Sombra, set amongst the gauchos.-Life:...
- José Hernández
- Leopoldo LugonesLeopoldo LugonesLeopoldo Lugones Argüello was an Argentine writer and journalist.-Early life:Born in Villa de María del Río Seco, a city in Córdoba Province, in Argentina's Catholic heartland, Lugones belonged to a family of landed gentry...
- Leopoldo MarechalLeopoldo MarechalLeopoldo Marechal was one of the most important Argentine writers of the twentieth century.- Biographical notes :...
- José MármolJosé MármolJosé Mármol was an Argentine journalist, politician, librarian, and writer of the Romantic school.Born in Buenos Aires, he initially studied law, but abandoned his studies in favor of politics. In 1839, no sooner had he begun to make a name for himself than he was arrested for his opposition to...
- Ezequiel Martínez EstradaEzequiel Martínez EstradaEzequiel Martínez Estrada was an Argentine writer, poet, essayist, and literary critic. An admired biographer and critic, he was often political in his writings, and was a confirmed anti-Peronist...
- Manuel Mujica LáinezManuel Mujica LaínezManuel Mujica Láinez was an Argentine novelist, essayist and art critic.-Biography:...
- Silvina OcampoSilvina OcampoSilvina Ocampo Aguirre was an Argentine poet and short-fiction writer.Ocampo was born in Buenos Aires, the youngest of the six children of Manuel Ocampo and Ramona Aguirre. She was educated at home by tutors. One of her sisters was Victoria Ocampo, the publisher of the literarily important...
- Victoria OcampoVictoria OcampoVictoria Ocampo Aguirre was an Argentine writer and intellectual, described by Jorge Luis Borges as La mujer más argentina ....
- Juan L. OrtizJuan L. OrtizJuan Laurentino Ortiz was an Argentine poet, born in the town of Puerto Ruiz, Entre Ríos Province. He died in Paraná, capital of the same province, at the age of 82....
- Ricardo PigliaRicardo PigliaRicardo Piglia is one of the foremost contemporary Argentine writers, known for his fiction, including several collections of short stories; the novels Artificial Respiration , The Absent City , Burnt Money ; and criticism including Criticism and Fiction , Brief Forms and...
- Alejandra PizarnikAlejandra PizarnikAlejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet.-Life and work:She was born on April 29, 1936 to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Avellaneda, a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A year after entering the department of Philosophy and Letters at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pizarnik published her...
- Manuel PuigManuel PuigManuel Puig was an Argentine author...
- Ricardo RojasRicardo Rojas (writer)Ricardo Rojas was an Argentine journalist and writer. He came from one of the most influential families of the Santiago del Estero Province; his father was Absalón Rojas, who was governor of the province...
- Ernesto SábatoErnesto SabatoErnesto Sabato , was an Argentine writer, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary world throughout Latin America"...
- Juan José SaerJuan José SaerJuan José Saer was one of the most important Argentine novelists of the last fifty years.Born to Syrian immigrants in Serodino, a small town in the Santa Fe Province, he studied law and philosophy at the National University of the Littoral, where he taught History of Cinematography. Thanks to a...
- Domingo Faustino SarmientoDomingo Faustino SarmientoDomingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...
- Alfonsina StorniAlfonsina StorniAlfonsina Storni was one of the most important Latin-American poets of the modernist period.-Life:Storni was born in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland to an Argentine beer industrialist living in Switzerland for a few years. There, Storni learned to speak Italian...
- Rodolfo WalshRodolfo WalshRodolfo Jorge Walsh was an Argentine writer, considered the founder of investigative journalism. He is most famous for his Open Letter from a Writer to the Military Junta which he wrote the day before his murder, protesting that their economic policies were having an even greater effect on...
Chile
- :Category:Chilean writers
- See also Chilean writers
Paraguay
- See also List of Paraguayans
- Renée Ferrer de ArréllagaRenée Ferrer de ArréllagaRenée Ferrer de Arréllaga, 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...
(1944-) - José Ricardo MazóJosé Ricardo MazóJosé Ricardo Mazó , the Paraguayan poet, was born in Pilar, in the department of Ñeembucú . He was a member of the Literary Academy of the and of the Paraguayan Academia Universitaria...
(1927–1987) - Josefina PlaJosefina PlaJosefina Pla was a Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist....
(1909–1999) - José María Rivarola MattoJosé María Rivarola MattoJose Maria Rivarola Matto was born in Asunción, Paraguay, 18 December 1917, son of Octaviano Rivarola Bogarín and Victoriana Matto.He died in Asunción, Paraguay, 13 September 1998.- First steps :...
(1909–1999) - Augusto Roa BastosAugusto Roa BastosAugusto Roa Bastos, was a noted Paraguayan novelist and short story writer, and one of the most important Latin American writers of the 20th century. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor...
Uruguay
- Juan Zorrilla de San MartínJuan Zorrilla de San MartínJuan Zorrilla de San Martín was a Uruguayan epic poet - he is referred as "National Poet of Uruguay" -and political figure . He is featured on the 20-peso note.-Well-known poems:...
- José Enrique RodoJosé Enrique RodoJosé Enrique Rodó Piñeyro was a Uruguayan essayist. He called for the youth of Latin America to reject materialism, to revert back to Greco-Roman habits of free thought and self enrichment, and to develop and concentrate on their culture.He cultivated an epistolary relationship with important...
- Delmira AgustiniDelmira AgustiniDelmira Agustini , a Uruguayan poet, is considered one of the greatest female Latin American poets of the early 20th century.-Background:Born in Montevideo, the daughter of Italian immigrants, Agustini was a precocious child...
- Mario BenedettiMario BenedettiMario Benedetti was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet....
- Eduardo GaleanoEduardo GaleanoEduardo Hughes Galeano is a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist. His best known works are Memoria del fuego and Las venas abiertas de América Latina which have been translated into twenty languages and transcend orthodox genres: combining fiction, journalism, political analysis, and...
- Julio Herrera y ReissigJulio Herrera y ReissigJulio Herrera y Reissig, 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:...
- Jesús MoraesJesús MoraesJesús Moraes, , Uruguayan writer, born in Bella Unión, Artigas Department, Uruguay, who specializes in short stories.-Subject and nature of writings:...
- Juan Carlos OnettiJuan Carlos OnettiJuan Carlos Onetti was an Uruguayan novelist and author of short stories.A high school drop-out, Onetti's first novel, El pozo, published in 1939, met with his close friends' immediate acclaim, as well as from some writers and journalists of his time...
- Emilio OribeEmilio OribeEmilio Oribe , was a Uruguayan poet, essayist, philosopher, and doctor.A professor at the University of the Republic, Uruguay, Oribe was dean of the university's Faculty of Humanities and Sciences and a member of the Uruguayan Academy of Letters.As a poet, he developed an avant-garde style...
- Horacio QuirogaHoracio QuirogaHoracio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was an Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer....
- Tomás de MattosTomás de MattosTomás de Mattos Hernández is a Uruguayan writer and librarian. Being from Tacuarembó, de Mattos is one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers from the north of the country....
- Jorge MajfudJorge Majfud-Life:He was born in Tacuarembó, Uruguay. He majored in and in 1996 graduated from the in Montevideo. He travelled extensively to gather material that would later become part of his novels and essays, and was a professor at the of Costa Rica and at , where he taught art and mathematics.In 2003...