List of Nicaraguan writers
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A list of Nicaraguan writers, including novelists, poets, authors, essayists, journalists, critics, and narrators among others.
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- Rosario Aguilar (1938), novelist
- 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 - Héctor Avellán (1973), poet
- 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 - Beltrán Morales (1945-1986) poet, essayist, critic and narrator.
- Erick Blandón Guevara (1951), poet
- Yolanda BlancoYolanda BlancoYolanda Blanco is a Nicaraguan poet. Nicaragua is well known for its world class poets. Before 1970, all of Nicaragua’s major poets had been men. Then an outstanding group of women started writing poetry...
(1954), poet and translator. - Tomás Borge (1930), writer, poet, and essayist.
- Carola Brantome (1961), poet and journalist.
- Mario Cajina-Vega (1929-1985), 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 - Adolfo Calero Orozco (1899-1980), writer, poet
- 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 - Lizandro Chávez Alfaro (1929), poet, essayist and narrator.
- Juan Chow (1956), 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), poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, translator, essayist, criticCriticA critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
, narratorNarratorA narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...
, playwrightPlaywrightA playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, and historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. - 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 - Manolo Cuadra (1907-1957), 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 - Alberto Cuadra Mejía (1944), poet, journalist, writer
- Pablo Alberto Cuadra Arguello (1971), poet, writer, theologian
- 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...
. - Omar D'LeónOmar D'LeonOmar D'León is a well-known Nicaraguan painter and poet.D'León studied nine years at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Nicaragua under its director Rodrigo Penalba...
(1929), poet - Gloria Gabuardi (1945), poet and writer.
- Mercedes Gordillo (1938), poet, writer and critic.
- 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 anthemNational anthemA national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
. - 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. - Marta Leonor González (1973), poet, narrator and journalist.
- Danilo LópezDanilo LópezDanilo Lopez Roman currently resides in Texas, USA.He is an architect, translator, cultural promoter, and poet. His work has appeared in many literary magazines in printed and electronic media, among others Linden Lane magazine, Hayden's Ferry Review, Loch Raven Review, La Prensa Literaria, El Pez...
(1954), poet - Tino López Guerra (1906-2001), poet
- Rigoberto López PérezRigoberto López PérezRigoberto López Pérez was a Nicaraguan poet and music composer. He was the assassin of Anastasio Somoza García, the longtime dictator of Nicaragua....
(1929-1956), poet and writer. - María Lourdes Pallais (1954), narrator and journalist.
- David McField R. (1936), poet, writer, professor, Diplomat.
- Carlos Martínez RivasCarlos Martinez RivasCarlos Martínez Rivas is a Nicaraguan poet most famous for his poem "El paraíso recobrado" , a love poem first published in 1944.-Early years and time in Spain:...
(1924-1998), poet - Francisco MayorgaFrancisco MayorgaFrancisco Mayorga is a Nicaraguan economist and writer who specializes in international finance and economic development....
(1949), writer - Camilo MejíaCamilo MejíaCamilo Ernesto Mejía is a Nicaraguan American who was a former staff sergeant of the Florida National Guard, best known for being an anti-war activist and deserter...
(1975), author - Ernesto Mejía Sánchez (1923-1985), poet
- Tony MeléndezTony MelendezJosé Antonio Meléndez Rodríguez is a Nicaraguan American guitar player, composer and singer and songwriter who was born without arms. His mother took Thalidomide while pregnant, which caused his disability. Meléndez has learned to play the guitar with his feet.-Career:Meléndez began playing and...
(1962), 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. - Vidaluz Meneses (1944) poet
- Tania Montenegro (1969), poet and journalist
- 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 - Michèle Najlis (1948), 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 - Humberto OrtegaHumberto OrtegaGeneral Humberto Ortega Saavedra is a Nicaraguan military leader, often self-called leading Latin American revolutionary strategist, and published writer.-Biography:...
(1947), author - 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 - Rodrigo Peñalba Franco (1981), narrator and author.
- 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 - Guillermo Rothschuh Tablada (1926), poet
- María Teresa Sánchez (1918 - 1994), poet
- Mariana Sansón ArgüelloMariana Sansón ArgüelloMariana Sansón Argüello was one of the first woman leaders in Nicaraguan poetry. She produced a personal and metaphysical poetry that is recognized as a type of Hispanic American surrealism...
(1918), poet - Eunice Shade (1980), 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 - Juan Sobalvarro (1966), poet
- Milagros Terán (1963), writer, poet, and 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 - Flavio Cesar Tijerino (1926-2006), writer, poet
- Max L. Lacyo (1951), writer, poet, playwright, economist.