List of Puerto Rican writers

• Jack Agüeros, playwright, poet and translator
• Miguel Algarín, Ph.D. (1940-), co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
• Manuel A. Alonso (1822-1889), poet and journalist
• Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, cuentista, novelista, ensayista.
• Iván Segarra Báez (1967-), poet
• Lefty (Manuel) Barreto, novelist, author of autobiography Nobody's Hero (1977)^[1]
• Pura Belpre
• Alejandrina Benitez de Gautier (1819-1879), poet
• Maria Bibiana Benitez (1783-1873), playwright and poet
• Dario Rilke Beniquez, poet
• Giannina Braschi (1953-), vanguard poet, Spanglish novelist, and spoken word performer
• Julia de Burgos (1914-1953), poet
• Mayra Calvani (1967-), fantasy writer
• Zenobia Camprubí (1887-1956), Spanish poet and wife of Nobel laureate

[Juan Ramón Jiménez]] (Puerto Rican mother)

• Nemesio Canales (1878-1923), essayist, novelist, and poet
• Luisa Capetillo
• Jaime Carrero, poet and playwright^[1]
• N. Humberto Cintrón, novelist, author of Frankie Christo (1972)^[1]
• Jesús Colón (1901-1974), father of "Nuyorican" movement
• Joaquín Colón
• Juan Antonio Corretjer (1908-1985), poet and journalist
• Lydia Cortes (1942-) poet, fiction writer, educator
• Nicky Cruz, novelist

• José Antonio Dávila (1898-1941), poet
• Virgilio Dávila (1869-1943), poet
• Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916-1999)
• Andrés Diaz Marrero
• Emilio Diaz Valcarcel
• José de Diego (1866-1918), poet and politician
• Caridad de la Luz "La Bruja", poet and actress
• Elizam Escobar, poet
• Martín Espada, poet
• Sandra María Esteves, poet^[1]
• Carole Fernández, novelist, author of Sleep of the Innocents (1991)^[1]
• Rosario Ferré (1938-), poet and essayist
• José Angel Figueroa, poet^[1]
• Shaggy Flores (1973-), Nuyorican poet, writer, African Diaspora Scholar
• Edward Gallardo, playwright; works include those collected in Simpson Street and Other Plays^[1]
• Magali García Ramis (1946-), short story writer
• José Gautier Benítez (1848-1880), poet
• Jose Antonio Giovannetti (1943-), poet, playwright, motivational and inspirational writer and speaker
• José Luis González (1926-1997), novelist, short-story writer, playwright
• Eugenio María de Hostos (1839-1903), author of La peregrinación de Bayoán
• David Hernández, poet^[1]
• Victor Hernández Cruz, poet
• Adolfo Jiménez Benítez, poet and essayist

• Pedro Juan Labarthe, novelist, author of The Son of Two Nations: The Private Life of a Columbia Student (1931)^[1]
• Enrique Laguerre (1905-2005), nominated for Nobel Prize in literature
• Tato Laviera (1951-), Nuyorican poet
• Georgina Lázaro, children's poet
• Muna Lee, Mississippi-born writer, first wife of Luis Muñoz Marín
• Vanesa Littlecrow
• Luis Llorens Torres, poet
• Luis López Nieves
• Carmen Lugo Filippi, short-story writer
• Manuel Manrique, novelist, author of Island in Harlem (1966)^[1]
• René Marqués, playwright
• Antonio Martorell
• Julio Marzán, poet
• Francisco Matos Paoli, poet
• Concha Melendez, poet
• Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, poet^[1]
• Nancy Mercado, Ph.D., poet, playwright
• Manuel Méndez Ballester
• Luis Muñoz Marín, poet, journalist, and politician

Manuel Martinez-Maldonado [1937-], physician, poet, novelist. Poetry: La Voz Sostenida; La Novela del Medio Dia. Novel: Isla Verde.

• Carmen de Miraflores, novelist
• Nicholasa Mohr, novelist
• Aurora Levins Morales, poet, co-author of Getting Home Alive (1986)^[1]
• Rosario Morales, poet, co-author of Getting Home Alive (1986)^[1]
• Mercedes Negron Muñoz, "Clara Lair", poet
• Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952-), essayist, poet and novelist
• Luis Palés Matos (1898-1959), poet of Afro-Caribbean themes
• Pedro Pietri (1944-2004), poet, playwright, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
• Miguel Piñero (1946–1988), playwright, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
• George Pérez (1954-), comic book writer
• Carmen M. Pursifull, poet^[1]

• Manuel Ramos Otero, poet^[1]
• Luis Rechani Agrait
• Evaristo Ribera Chevremont, Poet
• Edward Rivera, novelist, author of Family Installments: Memories of Growing Up Hispanic (1983)^[1]
• José Rivera (1955-), playwright, first Puerto Rican nominated for an Academy Award in "Best Adopted Screenplay" category
• Oswaldo Rivera, novelist, author of Fire and Rain (1990)^[1]
• Abraham Rodríguez, Jr., short story author; works include Ashes to Ashes (1989)^[1]
• Leonardo Rodríguez, short story author; works include The Have to Be Puerto Ricans (1988)^[1]
• Lola Rodríguez de Tió (1848-1924), poet, wrote lyrics to the revolutionary "Borinqueña"
• Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá (1946-), essayist and novelist
• Richard Ruíz, novelist, author of The Hungry American (1978)^[1]
• Luis Rafael Sánchez (1936-), playwright
• Manuel San Miguel Griffo, poet, historian of Spanish colonial fortifications
• Manuel San Miguel Nazario, poet
• Esmeralda Santiago (1948-), novelist and memoirist
• Mayra Santos-Febres (1966-), poet
• Pedro Juan Soto, novelist (and father of slain indepedence activist Carlos Soto Arriví)
• Clemente Soto Vélez (1905-1993), poet and activist
• Clementina Souchet, novelist, author of Clementina: Historia sin fin (1986)^[1]
• Alejandro Tapia y Rivera (1826-1882), poet and "father of Puerto Rican Literature"
• Piri Thomas (1928-), poet and novelist
• Edwin Torres (1931-), author of Carlito's Way (and New York Supreme Court Justice)
• Edwin Torres (1965-), Nuyorican poet and novelist
• Diego de Torres Vargas, author of "Descripción de la Ciudad e Isla de Puerto Rico" (1647)
• Luz María Umpierre, poet^[1]
• [Hector Varela], Historical Fiction (Affinity for Trouble-A Puerto Rican Story)2006

Ana Lydia Vega (1946-), short-story writer

• Bernardo Vega, novelist, author of The Memoirs of Bernardo Vega (1977, English ed. 1984)^[1]
• Ed Vega (a.k.a. Edgardo Vega Yunqué), novelist
• José Luis Vega, poet and anthologist
• William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), modernist poet (Puerto Rican mother)
• Manuel Zeno Gandía (1855 – 1930), novelist, author of La Charca, the first Puerto Rican novel