List of Spanish-language poets
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Argentina
- 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...
(1899–1986) - Jacobo FijmanJacobo FijmanJacobo Fijman was an Argentine poet born in Orhei, Bessarabia, now in Moldova. He moved to Argentina with his parents in 1902.Raised in humble circumstances, Fijman was a highly intelligent child interested in art, music, and literature; he later made a modest living as a French teacher and...
(1898–1970) - 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...
(1930-) - José Hernández (1834–1886)
- Roberto JuarrozRoberto JuarrozRoberto Juarroz was an Argentine poet famous for his "Poesía vertical" . He published fourteen volumes of poetry in all, numbered successively 1 to 14, under the general title "Poesía vertical", the first appearing in 1958 and the final one posthumously in 1997...
(1925–1995) - 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...
(1874–1938) - 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...
(1892–1938)
Bolivia
- Jaime SaenzJaime 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) - 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) - Marcia Mogro (1950-)
Chile
- Miguel ArtecheMiguel ArtecheMiguel Salinas Arteche, best known as Miguel Arteche, the name he adopted after legally reversing his maternal and paternal surnames in 1972. He was born in Nueva Imperial, Cautín, 9th Region, on June 4, 1926. He spent most of his adult life in Santiago, Chile serving in academics, but was also...
(1926-) - Sergio Badilla CastilloSergio Badilla CastilloSergio Badilla Castillo is a Chilean poet and the founder of poetic transrealism in contemporary poetry...
(1947-) - Javier CamposJavier CamposJavier Campos is a Chilean writer and professor of Latin American Literature, Hispanic Film, Popular Culture, Politics, Culture Studies related to Latin America at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA....
(1947-) - Oscar HahnOscar HahnÓscar Arturo Hahn Garcés is a Chilean writer and poet. Known in Chile as one of the writers of the Generation of the 70s , Hahn studied at the Pedagogical Institute of Santiago during his youth...
(1938-) - Vicente HuidobroVicente HuidobroVicente García-Huidobro Fernández was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He was an exponent of the artistic movement called Creacionismo , which held that a poet should bring life to the things he or she writes about, rather than just describe them.Huidobro was born into a wealthy...
(1893–1948) - Víctor JaraVíctor JaraVíctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and member of the Communist Party of Chile...
(1932–1973) - Enrique LihnEnrique LihnEnrique Lihn Carrasco was a Chilean poet, playwright, and novelist. The son of Enrique Lihn Doll and María Carrasco Délano, he married Ivette Mingram and they had one daughter: Andrea María Lihn Mingram, an actress.Born in 1929 at Santiago, Chile, Lihn aspired to be a painter but after a failed...
(1929–1988) - Patricio MannsPatricio MannsPatricio Manns is a Chilean composer, author, writer, and journalist.-Infancy and youth:Patricio Manns was born in the rural town of Nacimiento, in the south of Chile on 3 August 1937. He is the son of a primary school teacher and an agricultural engineer of German descent...
(1937-) - Carmen MaraiCarmen MaraiCarmen Marai is the nom de plume of Carmen María Bassa Rodríguez, a Chilean poet and novelist.- Writing :The central themes in her poems are primarily sorrow, betrayal, a mother's love, the struggle for life, and anti-violence, though she has also written humorous works...
, born Carmen María Bassa - Gabriela MistralGabriela MistralGabriela Mistral was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945...
, born Lucila Godoy, (1889–1957) Nobel laureate in 1945 - Pablo NerudaPablo NerudaPablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....
, born Neftalí Ricardo Reyes, (1904–1973) Nobel laureate in 1971 - Nicanor ParraNicanor ParraNicanor Parra Sandoval is a mathematician and poet born in San Fabián de Alico, Chile, who has been considered to be a popular poet in Chile with enormous influence and popularity in Latin America, and also considered one of the most important poets of the Spanish language literature...
, (1914-) - Carlos Pezoa VélizCarlos Pezoa VélizCarlos Pezoa Véliz was a poet, educator and journalist from Chile. His literary work remained largely unpublished until his death at the young age of 29...
, (1879–1908) - Mauricio RedolésMauricio RedolésMauricio Redolés is a Chilean poet, singer-songwriter and musician. His literary and musical work is characterised by irony, satire, humour and use of colloquialisms.-Biography:...
(1953-) - Gonzalo RojasGonzalo RojasGonzalo Rojas Pizarro was a Chilean poet. His work is part of the continuing Latin American avant-garde literary tradition of the twentieth century.- Biography :...
(1917–2011) - Pablo de RokhaPablo de RokhaPablo de Rokha . His real name was Pablo Díaz Loyola, and was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1965....
born Carlos Díaz Loyola (1894–1968) - David Rosenmann-TaubDavid Rosenmann-TaubDavid Rosenmann-Taub is a Chilean poet, musician, and artist. His precocious talent in both literature and music was recognized and encouraged by his father, a polyglot, and his mother, a virtuoso pianist. She began teaching him the instrument when he was two; by nine, he himself was giving...
(1927-) - Daniel de la VegaDaniel de la Vega (poet)Daniel de la Vega was a Chilean journalist, poet, playwright, chronicler, and novelist.De la Vega was born in Quilpué into an educated family who instilled in him a love of literature. He graduated from the lyceum in Quilpué...
(1892–1971)
Colombia
- Porfirio Barba Jacob (1883–1942)
- 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....
- 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...
- José Asunción SilvaJosé Asunción SilvaJosé Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...
(1865–1896) - 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...
(1927) - Nobel Laureate 1982 - Olga Elena MatteiOlga Elena MatteiOlga Elena Mattei is a Colombian poet born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 1933. She has won several poetry awards in Colombia and other Spanish-speaking countries...
(1933)
Cuba
- Mariano BrullMariano BrullMariano Brull Caballero was a Cuban poet usually associated with the French Symbolist movement. Two Symbolists who strongly influenced him were Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Valéry...
- 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...
(1814–1873) - 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...
(1902–1989) - 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,...
(b. 1950) - 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....
(1910–1976) - Dulce María LoynazDulce María LoynazDaughter of the famous General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo, a hero of the Cuban Liberation Army and author of Cuban National Anthem lyrics; and sister of poet Enrique Loynaz Muñoz...
- 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...
(1853–1895) - 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...
- Roberto Fernández RetamarRoberto Fernández RetamarRoberto Fernández Retamar is a Cuban poet, essayist, literary critic and President of the Casa de las Américas. In his role as President of the organization, Fernández also serves on the Council of State of Cuba. An early close confidant of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, he has remained a central...
(b. 1930) - Severo SarduySevero SarduySevero Sarduy was a Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art.-Biography:...
(1937–1993)
Dominican Republic
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
Ecuador
- 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...
(1903–1978) - Alejandro CarriónAlejandro CarriónAlejandro Carrión Aguirre was born in Loja, Ecuador. A poet, novelist and enthusiastic journalist, he published two important novels, La manzana dañada and La espina, many books of short stories, and numerous poetry books...
(1915) - 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:...
(1926–2009) - 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...
(1911) - 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) - Pedro Jorge VeraPedro Jorge VeraPedro Jorge Vera was an Ecuadorian writer and Communist Party of Ecuador politician. He contributed to several newspapers and magazines of controversial character "La Calle", with the writer Alejandro Carrión, as well as "La Mañana". He remained throughout his life a close friend of Cuban...
( 1915 )
El Salvador
- Alfredo EspinoAlfredo EspinoAlfredo Espino was a poet from El Salvador. Born in Ahuachapán, his only book is Jícaras Tristes , a collection of 96 poems. It is one of the most published books of poetry in El Salvador. Espino died in San Salvador....
(19001900 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* In February, Myōjō , a monthly literary magazine, begins publication in Japan. between February 1900 and November 1908...
–19281928 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Russian poets Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky found OBERIU , an avant-garde grouping of Russian post-Futurist poets in the 1920s-1930s* American poets Charles Reznikoff, George Oppen and Louis...
) - Roque DaltonRoque DaltonRoque Dalton García was a Salvadoran poet and journalist. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets...
(19351935 in poetryLinks to nations or nationalities point to articles with information on that nation's poetry or literature. For example, United Kingdom links to English poetry and Indian links to Indian poetry.-Events:* Canada -- Charles G.D...
–19751975 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* With the 1974, fall of the dictatorship in Greece, poets, authors and intellectuals who had fled after the coup of 1967 returned, and this year many began publishing in that country.* Brick Books, a...
) - Alberto MasferrerAlberto MasferrerVicente Alberto Masferrer Mónico, known as Alberto Masferrer, was a Salvadoran essayist, fiction writer, and journalist, best known for the development of the philosophy of vitalismo. He was born in Alegría , Usulután on July 24, 1868...
(born 19591959 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* In the United States, "Those serious new Bohemians, the beatniks, occupied with reading their deliberately undisciplined, protesting verse in night clubs and hotel ballrooms, created more publicity...
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Mexico
List of Mexican poets- 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...
(b. 1963) - José Carlos Becerra (1936–1970)
- Rubén Bonifaz NuñoRubén Bonifaz NuñoRubén Bonifaz Nuño is a Mexican poet and classical scholar.Born in Córdoba, Veracruz, he studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico from 1934 to 1947. In 1960, he began lecturing in Latin at the UNAM's Faculty of Philosophy and Literature and received a doctorate in Classics in...
(b. 1923) - 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) - Elsa CrossElsa CrossElsa Cross, , is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. She has also published translations, philosophical essays and is known as an authority on Indian philosophy....
(b. 1946) - Jorge CuestaJorge CuestaJorge Mateo Cuesta Porte-Petit was a Mexican chemist, writer and editor.- Biography :...
(1903–1942) - 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) - Enrique González MartínezEnrique González MartínezEnrique González Martínez was a Mexican poet, diplomat, surgeon and obstetrician. His poetry is considered to be primarily Modernist in nature, with elements of French symbolism....
(1871–1952) - José GorostizaJosé Gorostiza' was a Mexican poet, educator, and diplomat. For his achievements in the poetic arts, he was made a member of the .-Biography: was born in the riverine city of , then known as , to and . His younger brother would also become an important artist. He moved to Mexico City to attend the National...
(1901–1973) - 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....
(1859–1895) - Jaime Labastida (b. 1939)
- 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) - Ramón López VelardeRamón López VelardeRamón López Velarde was aMexican poet. His work is generally considered to be postmodern, but is unique for its subject matter. He achieved great fame in his native land, to the point of being considered Mexico's national poet....
(1888–1921) - Manuel Maples ArceManuel Maples ArceManuel Maples Arce was a Mexican poet, lawyer, diplomat and writer, founder of the Stridentism movement in 1921....
(1898–1981) - 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) - 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) - 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....
(b. 1939) - 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) - Nobel Laureate (1990) - 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...
(1897–1977) - 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) - 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) - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695)
- José Juan TabladaJosé Juan TabladaJosé Juan Tablada was a Mexican poet, art critic, and diplomat. Traveled briefly in Japan and later translated and wrote haiku, introducing the poetic form to Spanish language readers.-External links:*-Sources:...
(1871–1945) - Concha Urquiza (1910–1945)
- 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....
(1903–1950) - 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....
(b. 1934)
Nicaragua
- 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) - Azarías 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...
(1888–1954) - Salomón de la SelvaSalomón de la SelvaSalomón de la Selva born in León Nicaragua on March 20, 1893 and died in Paris, France on February 5, 1959 was a Nicaraguan poet and honorary member of the Mexican Academy of Language.-Biography:...
(1893–1959) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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-) - 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-) - Fernando SilvaFernando SilvaFernando Silva may refer to:*Fernando Silva , competed for Brazil at the 2008 Olympics*Fernando Silva , Andorran football striker*Fernando Da Silva , Brazilian artist/illustrator...
(1927-) - 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-) - 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-) - 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-)
Paraguay
- Julio CorreaJulio CorreaJulio Correa was a Paraguayan poet in Guarani language.He was born in Asunción, August 30, 1890. His maternal grandfather was of Polish origins, and was named Myzkowsky. His father was Portuguese...
(1890–1926) - 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) - Manuel Ortiz GuerreroManuel Ortiz Guerrero- Biography:Guerrero was born at Ybaroty, a neighborhood in the city of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay. He was the son of Vicente Ortiz and Susana Guerrero, who died after giving birth. He was raised by his grandmother, Florencia Ortiz. He realized his first studies in a school in...
(1894–1933) - Josefina PlaJosefina PlaJosefina Pla was a Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist....
(1909 — 1999) - Roque VallejosRoque VallejosRoque Vallejos was a poet, psychiatrist and essayist from Paraguay.-Background:He was a forensic surgeon in the High Court of Justice.He served as a member and the president of the Academia de la Lengua Paraguaya....
(1943–2006)
Peru
- Jose Santos ChocanoJosé Santos ChocanoJosé Santos Chocano Gastañodi was a Peruvian poet who is also known as "The Singer of Americas", because the first line of one of his most celebrated poems: "I am the singer of the America, Autochthonous and Savage""...
(1875–1934) author of Alma América. - 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...
(1844–1918) - César VallejoCésar VallejoCésar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. Thomas Merton called him "the greatest universal poet since Dante"...
(1892–1938) - 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...
(1936) - Nobel Laureate 2010
The Philippines
- José RizalJosé RizalJosé Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda , was a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by...
(1861–1896) - Jesús BalmoriJesús BalmoriJesús "Batikuling" Balmori was a Filipino Spanish language journalist, playwright, and poet.-Biography:Jesús Balmori was born in Ermita, Manila on 10 January 1887. He studied at the Collegio de San Juan de Letrán and the University of Santo Tomás, where he excelled in Literature. He was married...
(1887–1948) - Pedro PaternoPedro PaternoPedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera-Ignacio, also spelled Pedro Alejandro Paterno y Debera Ignacio was a Filipino politician, as well as a poet and novelist.His intervention on behalf of the Spanish led to the signing of the Pact of...
(1858–1911)
Puerto Rico
- Aurora de AlbornozAurora de AlbornozAurora de Albornoz was born in Luarca, Asturias, Spain. As a youth, she lived in Luarca with her parents, sister, and extended family, throughout the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939— an event that inspired her later poetry.- Early life :Her family was a noted family of poets and...
(1926–1990) - Maria ArrillagaMaria ArrillagaMaría Arrillaga is a Puerto Rican poet who has been a professor at the University of Puerto Rico. She taught in the Spanish department on the Rio Piedras campus. She is a member of PEN's women's committee and a past secretary. She is the author of several collections of poetry...
(1940-) - 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...
(1953-) - 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...
(1916–1953) - 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...
(1954-)
Spain
- See also:Spanish poetrySpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature....
- Juan RuizJuan RuizJuan Ruiz , known as the Archpriest of Hita , was a medieval Spanish poet. He is best known for his ribald, earthy poem, Libro de buen amor .-Origins:...
, Arcipreste de Hita (ca. 1283-ca. 1350) - Gonzalo de BerceoGonzalo de BerceoGonzalo de Berceo was a Spanish poet born in the Riojan village of Berceo, close to the major Benedictine monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla...
(ca. 1190-1264?) - Juan Boscán (1490–1542)
- Rafael AlbertiRafael AlbertiRafael Alberti Merello was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27....
(1902–1999) - Fray Luis de León (1527-1591?)
- Vicente AleixandreVicente AleixandreVicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre was a Nobel Prize laureate for Literature in 1977. He was part of the Generation of '27. He died in Madrid in 1984....
(1898–1984) - Nobel Laureate 1977 - Dámaso AlonsoDámaso AlonsoDámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards. -Early life and education:...
(1898–1990) - Gustavo Adolfo BécquerGustavo Adolfo BécquerGustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish post-romanticist writer of poetry and short stories, now considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had...
(1836–1870) - Saint John of the CrossJohn of the CrossJohn of the Cross , born Juan de Yepes Álvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest, born at Fontiveros, Old Castile....
(1542–1591) - Luis CernudaLuis CernudaLuis Cernuda , was a Spanish poet and literary critic.-Life and career:...
(1903–1963) - Aurora de AlbornozAurora de AlbornozAurora de Albornoz was born in Luarca, Asturias, Spain. As a youth, she lived in Luarca with her parents, sister, and extended family, throughout the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939— an event that inspired her later poetry.- Early life :Her family was a noted family of poets and...
(1926–1990) - Baltasar del AlcázarBaltasar del AlcázarBaltasar del Alcázar was a Spanish poet from Seville, Spain. His poetry was about life and love, most of it spiced with a keen sense of humor.A short example of his poetry is Tres Cosas :Tres cosas me tienen preso...
(1530–1606) - Francisco DomeneFrancisco DomeneFrancisco Domene is a Spanish writer, narrator, novelist, and poet. He was born in Caniles , .- Bibliography:Francisco Domene is probably one of the most personal poets of contemporary Spanish literature...
(1960) - León FelipeLeón FelipeLeón Felipe Camino Galicia was a Spanish poet.Felipe was born in Tábara, Zamora, Spain, while his parents were on travel. His father was a notary public, and consequently very well off. His family established in Santander. Later on, Felipe would study pharmacy and start a business as a...
(1884–1968) - Federico García LorcaFederico García LorcaFederico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...
(1898–1936) - Luis de GóngoraLuis de GóngoraLuis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered to be the most prominent Spanish poets of their age. His style is characterized by what was called culteranismo, also known as Gongorism...
(?-1627) - Jorge GuillénJorge GuillénJorge Guillén y Álvarez was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.-Biography:Jorge Guillén was born in Valladolid. His life paralleled that of his friend Pedro Salinas, whom he succeeded as a Spanish teaching assistant at the Collège de Sorbonne in the University of Paris from 1917 to...
(1893–1984) - Miguel HernándezMiguel HernándezMiguel Hernández Gilabert was a 20th century Spanish poet and playwright.-Biography:Hernández was born in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community, to a poor family and received little formal education; he published his first book of poetry at 23, and gained considerable fame before his death...
(1910–1942) - Clara JanésClara JanésClara Janés Nadal, born in Barcelona , is a Spanish poet, writer and translator. She is regarded as one of the great love poets of contemporary Spanish literature, a designation given her by one of twentieth century Spain's most respected women writers, Rosa Chacel...
(1940) - Santa Teresa de JesúsTeresa of ÁvilaSaint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer...
(1515–1582) - Juan Ramón JiménezJuan Ramón JiménezJuan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...
(1881–1958) - Nobel Laureate 1956 - Antonio MachadoAntonio MachadoAntonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98....
(1875–1936) - Manuel Machado (1874–1947)
- Jorge ManriqueJorge ManriqueJorge Manrique was a major Spanish poet, whose main work, the Coplas a la muerte de su padre , is still read today...
(1440–1479) - 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....
- Emilio PradosEmilio PradosEmilio Prados was a Spanish poet and editor, a member of the Generation of '27.-Life:Born in the Andalusian city of Málaga in 1899, Prados was offered a place at Madrid's famous Residencia de estudiantes in 1914 and moved into its university section in 1918...
(1899–1962) - Francisco de QuevedoFrancisco de QuevedoFrancisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo...
- Pedro SalinasPedro SalinasPedro Salinas y Serrano was a Spanish poet and member of the Generation of '27. He was also a scholar and critic of Spanish literature, teaching at universities in Spain, England, and the United States....
(1892–1951) - Garcilaso de la VegaGarcilaso de la VegaGarcilaso de la Vega was a Spanish soldier and poet. He was the most influential poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques and themes to Spain.-Biography:...
(1503–1536) - Lope de VegaLope de VegaFélix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright and poet. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature...
(1562–1635) - Esteban Manuel de VillegasEsteban Manuel de VillegasEsteban Manuel de Villegas was a 17th century Spanish poet.- Biography :...
(1589–1669) - Leopoldo María PaneroLeopoldo María PaneroLeopoldo María Panero , is a Spanish poet, commonly placed in the Novísimos group.Panero is the archetype of a decadence as much cultivated as repudiated, but that decadence has not stopped him from being the first member of his generation in being incorporated to the classic Spanish editorial...
(1948) - Manuel Curros EnríquezManuel Curros EnríquezManuel Curros Enríquez was a Galician writer and journalist in the Galician language, and is considered to be one of the leading figures of Galician culture and identity.-Early life:...
- Alonso de ErcillaAlonso de ErcillaAlonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was a Spanish nobleman, soldier and epic poet from the Basque Country. While in Chile he fought against the Araucanians, and there he began the epic poem La Araucana, considered the greatest Spanish historical poem. This heroic work in 37 cantos is divided into three...
- Joaquín SabinaJoaquín SabinaJoaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina , known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums...
- Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de SantillanaÍñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de SantillanaDon Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega, Marquis of Santillana was a Castilian politician and poet who held an important position in society and Literature during the reign of John II of Castile....
- Gutierre de CetinaGutierre de CetinaGutierre de Cetina a Spanish poet and soldier, was born at Seville. He was the brother of Beltrán and Gregorio de Cetina, lesser known conquistadors. He served under Charles V in Italy and Germany, but retired from the army in 1545 to settle in Seville...
- Juan del EncinaJuan del EncinaJuan del Enzina – the spelling he used – or Juan del Encina – modern Spanish spelling – was a composer, poet and playwright, often called the founder of Spanish drama...
(1469–1533) - José de EsproncedaJosé de EsproncedaJosé Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado was a famous Romantic Spanish poet.-Life:Espronceda was born in Almendralejo, at the Province of Badajoz. As a youth, he studied at the Colegio San Mateo at Madrid, having as teacher Alberto Lista...
(1808–1842) - Rosalía de CastroRosalía de CastroMaría Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...
(1837–1885) - Francisco DomeneFrancisco DomeneFrancisco Domene is a Spanish writer, narrator, novelist, and poet. He was born in Caniles , .- Bibliography:Francisco Domene is probably one of the most personal poets of contemporary Spanish literature...
- Chantal MaillardChantal MaillardChantal Maillard is a Belgian writer who lives in Málaga and Barcelona.She was born in Brussels and moved to Málaga in 1963 and she received Spanish nationality in 1968....
- Antonio Martínez SarriónAntonio Martínez SarriónAntonio Martínez Sarrión, poet and translator, born in Albacete in 1939.-Biography:Studied bachelor in Albacete and licensed in Law in the Universidad de Murcia in 1961. In 1963 he moved to Madrid, where he works as a government employee in the Central Administration...
- José Ortega TorresJosé Ortega TorresJosé Ortega Torres is a poet born in Granada, Spain; he is a known author in the Andalusian poetic scene. A contemporary of the Novísimos poetic movement, his work follows more traditional forms , with a marked rhythm and deliberate word choice that bring to mind the classical Mediterranean...
- Leopoldo PaneroLeopoldo PaneroLeopoldo Panero, Spanish poet born in Astorga in 1909 and deceased in 1962. Member of the Generation of 27, wrote intimate poems of religious and conservative character...
- Luisa CastroLuisa CastroLuisa Castro is a Spanish poet and writer in Galician and Castilian. She has lived in Barcelona, New York, Madrid and Santiago de Compostela. She collaborates with articles in Galician press....
- Clara JanésClara JanésClara Janés Nadal, born in Barcelona , is a Spanish poet, writer and translator. She is regarded as one of the great love poets of contemporary Spanish literature, a designation given her by one of twentieth century Spain's most respected women writers, Rosa Chacel...
- Enrique García-MáiquezEnrique García-MáiquezEnrique García-Máiquez is a Spanish poet: so far he has published four poetry books. He also writes essays, articles on literary criticism and newspaper columns...
- Juan Ruiz
See also
- List of poets
- List of Latin American writers