List of Latin American writers explained
This is a list of some of the most important writers from Latin America, organized by cultural region and nationality. The focus is on Latin American literature.
Andeans
Bolivia
Colombia
See main article: List of Colombian writers.
Peru
See main article: List of Peruvian writers.
Venezuela
See main article: List of Venezuelan writers.
Brazil
See main article: List of Brazilian writers.
Caribbean
Cuba
See main article: List of Cuban writers.
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Puerto Rico
See main article: List of Puerto Rican writers.
Central America
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
See also: Honduran literature.
Nicaragua
See also: List of Nicaraguan writers.
- Claribel Alegría (1924–2018), poet, received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2006
- Emilio Álvarez Lejarza (1884–1969), writer
- Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1919–2014), political writer
- Gioconda Belli (born 1948), poet
- Tomás Borge (1930–2012), writer, poet, and essayist
- Omar Cabezas (born 1950), writer
- Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020), poet
- Blanca Castellón (born 1958), poet
- José Coronel Urtecho (1906–1994), poet, translator, essayist, critic, narrator, playwright, and historian
- Alfonso Cortés (1893–1969), poet
- Arturo Cruz (born 1954), writer
- Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002), poet
- Rubén Darío (1867–1916), poet, referred to as the "father of Modernism"
- Karly Gaitán Morales (born 1980), film historian, and writer
- Salomón Ibarra Mayorga (1887–1985), poet and lyricist of "Salve a ti, Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national anthem
- Erwin Krüger (1915–1973), poet and composer
- Francisco Mayorga (born 1949), writer
- Christianne Meneses Jacobs (born 1971), writer, editor, and publisher
- Rosario Murillo (born 1951), poet
- Azarías H. Pallais (1884–1954), poet
- Joaquín Pasos (1914–1947), poet
- Horacio Peña (born 1946), writer and poet
- Sergio Ramírez (born 1942), writer
- Arlen Siu (died 1972), essayist
- Julio Valle Castillo (born 1952), poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and art critic
- Daisy Zamora (born 1950), poet
Panama
Rioplatenses
Argentina
See main article: List of Argentine writers.
Paraguay
See also: List of Paraguayans.
Uruguay
See main article: List of Uruguayan writers.
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