List of Venezuelan writers
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- Rafael Arráiz Lucca (born 1959), Fundarte Prize for Poetry in 1987, author of Terrenos (1985), and Almaeon (1988)
- José Balza (born 1939), author of “Marzo Anterior” (1965), Largo (1968), Setecientas Palmeras Plantadas en el Mismo Lugar (1974), D (1977), Un Rostro Absolutamente (1982), La Mujer de Espaldas (1968), and Medianoche en video: 1/5
- Luís Brito García (born 1941), author of “Abrapalabra”
- Rafael Cadenas (born 1930), author of Cantos Iniciales (1946) (his first book published at the age of sixteen), Panorama de la Literatura Venezolana Actual (1973), Los Cuadernon del Destierro (1960), “Faisas Maniobras” (1966), “Memorial” (1977), “Intemperie” (1977), “Amante” (1983), and “Satori”
- Luís Alberto Crespo (born 1941), author of “Constumbre de Sequía” (1977), “Resolana” (1980), “Entreabierto” (1984), “Señores de la Distancia” (1988), and “Mediodía o Nunca” (1989)
- Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936), author of Ifigenia (1924), and Memorias de Mama Blanca (1929)
- Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969), novelist and politician, author of Doña Bárbara (1929)
- Julio Garmendia (born 1898)
- Salvador Garmendia (1928–2001), author of “Los Pequeños Seres” (1959), “Los Habitantes” (1961), “Día de Ceniza” (1968), and “La Mala Vida” (1968)
- Adriano González León (born 1931), author of “Las Hogueras más Altas” (1957), “Asfalto Infierno” (1963), “Hombre que Daba Sed” (1967), and “País Portátil” (1968)
- Enrique Hernández D'Jesus (born 1947), author of Mi Sagrada Familia (1968)
- Eduardo Liendo (born 1941), author of “Los Platos del Diablo” (1985) and “El Mago de la Cara de Vidrio” (1973)
- Juan Liscano (1915–2001), author of Nombrar Contra el Tiempo (anthology of his first six books of poetry), “Espiritualidad y Literatura”, and “Los Mitos de la Sexualidad” (about mankind’s fate in a world lacking religious values)
- José Ramón Medina (born 1921), founder and director of Biblioteca Ayacucho, author of Ser Verdadero (anthology), “La Edad de la Esperanza” (1947), “Sobre la Tierra Yerma” (1971), “Certezas y Presagios” (1984), and 50 Años de Literatura Venezolana (1969) (history book that is brought up to date every ten years)
- Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978), author of “El Falso Cuaderno de Narciso Espejo” (1952), “Cinco Novelas” (1972), and “Espejos y Disfraces” (1981)
- Guillermo Morón (born 1926), author of “Microhistorias” (1980), “El gallo de las espuelas de oro” (1984), “Los presidentes de Venezuela” (1993), among others.
- Eugenio Montejo (born 1938), author of Algunas Palabras (1976), Terredad (1978), Trópico Absoluto (1982), Alfabeto del Mundo (1987), and “Entre el Silencio y la Palabra” (about earth and nature)
- Hanni Ossott (1946–2002), author of “Espacios de Ausencia y de Luz” (1982), “El Reino donde la Noche se Abre” (1986), and Cielo tu Arco Grande
- Miguel Otero Silva
- Gustavo Ott (born Caracas, 1963), playwright and novelist, author of more than 40 plays, including "80 dientes, 4 metros y 200 kilos" (Tirso de Molina Prize 1998), "Divorciadas, evangélicas y vegetarianas," "Tu ternura molotov," "120 vidas por minuto," "Dos amores y un bicho," "Passport," and "Pavlov: dos segundos antes del crimen"
- Antonia Palacios (1906–2001), author of Ana Isabel, una Nina Decente (1949)
- Francisco Perez Perdomo (born 1930), author of Huespedes Nocturnos (1971), Ceremonias (1976), Circulos de Sombras (1980), and Los Ritos Secretos (1988)
- Ramón Palomares (born 1935), author of Poesía (1977)
- Román Rojas Cabot author of "El Combate y el Vacío" (1996), and "Encuentros" (2004).
- Juan Sánchez Peláez (1922–2003), author of Poesía 1951-1981 (book with all of his poems during this time frame)
- Ana Enriqueta Terán (born 1918)
- Oswaldo Trejo (born 1924), author of “También los Hombres son Ciudades” (1962), “Textos de un Texto con Teresas” (1975), and “Anden Lejano” (1968)
- Arturo Uslar Pietri
