List of Latin American writers
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
Chile
Pablo Neruda
Colombia
Jorge Isaacs wrote María
Ecuador
Peru
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala José María Arguedas Cesar Vallejo Alfredo Bryce Manuel González Prada Clorinda Matto de Turner José Carlos Mariátegui Julio Ramón Ribeyro Abraham Valdelomar José María Eguren Mario Vargas Llosa , Nobel Prize in Literature winner (2010)Enrique Lopez Albujar Ricardo Palma Alonso Cueto (born 1954), novelistMaría Emma Mannarelli (born 1954), feminist writerAntonio Cisneros (1942–2012), poet and writerCésar Calvo (1926–2009), poet and writerGunter Silva Passuni (born 1977), writerBlanca Varela (1852–1909)Carlos Yushimito (born 1977), writerRenato Cisneros (born 1976)Daniel Alarcón (born 1977), novelistMario Bellatin (born 1960)Santiago Roncagliolo (born 1975), novelistCiro Alegría (1909–1967)Martín Adán (1908–1985), poetEnrique Verástegui (1950–2018), poet and writerManuel Scorza (1928–1983)Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), writerGabriela Wiener (born 1975), writerJaime Bayly (born 1965), novelistFernando Iwasaki (born 1961)Iván Thays (born 1968)Claudia Ulloa (born 1979)
Venezuela
Andrés Eloy Blanco
Brazil
Caribbean
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Puerto Rico
Central America
Costa Rica
Roque Dalton, El Salvador's best known poet
El Salvador
Guatemala
Miguel Angel Asturias, Nobel prize winner
Honduras
Nicaragua
Ernesto Cardenal is a poet, Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Sandinista Regime. Karly Gaitán Morales is a Nicaraguan film historian and writer. Claribel Alegría (1924–2018), poet, received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2006Emilio Álvarez Lejarza (1884–1969), writerEmilio Álvarez Montalván (1919–2014), political writerGioconda Belli (born 1948), poetTomás Borge (1930–2012), writer, poet, and essayistOmar Cabezas (born 1950), writerErnesto Cardenal (1925–2020), poetBlanca Castellón (born 1958), poetJosé Coronel Urtecho (1906–1994), poet, translator, essayist, critic, narrator, playwright, and historianAlfonso Cortés (1893–1969), poetArturo Cruz (born 1954), writerPablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002), poetRubén Darío (1867–1916), poet, referred to as the "father of Modernism "Karly Gaitán Morales (born 1980), film historian, and writerSalomón Ibarra Mayorga (1887–1985), poet and lyricist of "Salve a ti, Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national anthemErwin Krüger (1915–1973), poet and composerFrancisco Mayorga (born 1949), writerChristianne Meneses Jacobs (born 1971), writer, editor, and publisherRosario Murillo (born 1951), poetAzarías H. Pallais (1884–1954), poetJoaquín Pasos (1914–1947), poetHoracio Peña (born 1946), writer and poetSergio Ramírez (born 1942), writerArlen Siu (died 1972), essayistJulio Valle Castillo (born 1952), poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and art criticDaisy Zamora (born 1950), poet
Panama
Mexico
Carlos Fuentes, one of the most internationally popular Mexican writers
Rioplatenses
Argentina
Julio Cortázar, one of the leaders of the Latin American boom
Paraguay
Uruguay
Mario Benedetti, a highly popular Uruguayan author and poet
See also
References
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