List of Spanish-language authors

This is a list of Spanish-language authors, organized by country.

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Argentina

Roberto Arlt (1900–1942)
Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999)
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
Sergio Chejfec (born 1956)
Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
Esteban Echeverría (1805–1851)
José Hernández (1834–1886)
Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947)
Leopoldo Lugones (1874–1938)
Manuel Mujica Láinez
Ricardo Piglia (born 1941)
Manuel Puig (1932–1990)
Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011)
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811–1888)
Ana Maria Shua (born 1951)
Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938)
Patricio Sturlese
Héctor Tizón (born 1929)
Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938)

Bolivia

Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (1931–1980)

Chile

Isabel Allende (born 1942)
Eduardo Anguita (1914-1992)
Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003)
María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980)
José Donoso (1924–1996)
Ariel Dorfman (born 1942)
Jorge Edwards (born 1931)
Diamela Eltit (born 1949)
Alberto Fuguet (born 1964)
Gustavo Gac-Artigas (born 1944)
Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948)
Enrique Lihn (1929–1988)
Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957)
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973)
Gonzalo Rojas (born 1917)
Manuel Rojas (born 1896)
Antonio Skármeta (born 1940)
Luis Sepúlveda (born 1949)
Marcela Serrano (born 1951)

Colombia

Andrés Caicedo (1951–1977)
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)
Jorge Isaacs (1837–1895)
Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013)
Rafael Pombo (1833–1912)
José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928)
Fernando Soto Aparicio (born 1933)
Fernando Vallejo (born 1942)
Samael Aun Weor (1917–1977)
Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958)
Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal (born 1945)
Gonzalo Arango Arias (1931–1976)
Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942)
Tomás Carrasquilla (1858–1940)
Germán Castro Caycedo (born 1940)
Manuel Mejía Vallejo (1923–1998)
Jairo Aníbal Niño (born 1941)
Laura Restrepo (born 1950)
Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933)
José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928)
Daniel Samper Pizano (born 1945)
José Asunción Silva (1865–1896)
José María Vargas Vila (1860–1933)
Albalucía Angel (born 1939)
Fanny Buitrago (born 1945)
Jorge Franco (born 1962)

Costa Rica

Manuel Argüello Mora (1834–1902)
Alfonso Chase (born 1945)
Fabián Dobles (born 1918)
Quince Duncan (born 1940)
Carlos Luis Fallas (1909–1966)
Carlos Gagini (1865–1925)
Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958)
Manuel González Zeledón ("Magón") (1864–1936)
Max Jiménez (1900–1947)
Tatiana Lobo (born 1939)
Carmen Lyra (1888–1949)
José Marín Cañas (1904–1981)
Carmen Naranjo (born 1930)
Julieta Pinto (born 1922)
Emilia Prieto Tugores ((1902–1986)
José León Sánchez (born 1929)
Rodrigo Soto (born 1962)

Cuba

Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990)
Miguel Barnet (born 1940)
Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929–2005)
Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980)
Daína Chaviano
Enrique Cirules (born 1938)
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873)
Nicolás Guillén (1902–1989)
José Lezama Lima (1910–1976)
Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997)
José Martí (1853–1895)
Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955)
Gonzalo de Quesada
Ernesto Juan Castellanos (born 1963)
Severo Sarduy (1937–1993)
Zoé Valdés

Dominican Republic

Fabio Fiallo (born 1866)
Pedro Henríquez Ureña (born 1884)
Juan Bosch (born 1909)
Joaquín Balaguer (born 1909)
Pedro Mir (born 1913)
Alfredo Fernández Simó (born 1915)
Junot Díaz (born 1970)

Ecuador

Abdón Ubidia - Novelist
Adalberto Ortiz - Writer, poet and diplomat
Agustin Cueva - Writer and sociologist
Alejandro Carrión Aguirre - Writer and journalist
Alfonso Rumazo González - Writer, historian, essayist and literary critic
Alfredo Gangotena - Poet who wrote in French and Spanish
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco - Writer
Alicia Yánez Cossío - Novelist
Ángel Felicísimo Rojas - Writer, novelist, and poet
Arturo Borja - Poet
Aurelio Espinosa Pólit - Writer, poet, translator
Benjamín Carrión Mora - Writer
Benjamín Urrutia - Writer
Carlos Altamirano Sánchez - Poet and journalist
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo - Poet
Carmen Acevedo Vega - Poet and writer
Dolores Veintimilla - Poet
Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses - Writer
Eduardo Varas - Novelist and journalist
Efraín Jara Idrovo - Poet and writer
Enrique Gil Gilbert - Writer
Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño - Poet
Eugenio Espejo - Writer
Euler Granda - Novelist
Fanny Carrión de Fierro - Writer, poet, essayist and professor
Filoteo Samaniego - Novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat
Francisco Tobar Garcia - Poet, novelist, and playwright
Gabriel Cevallos García - Writer and historian
Galo René Pérez - Biographer, poet, and essayist
Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera - Poet and writer
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez - Poet, novelist and short story writer
Hugo Mayo - Poet and writer
Humberto Fierro - Poet
Isacovici Salomon - Writer
Iván Carvajal (1948-) - Poet, philosopher, writer
Jaime Galarza Zavala - Writer, poet, journalist and politician
Jenny Estrada - Writer and journalist
Joaquín Gallegos Lara - Novelist and short story writer
Jorge Carrera Andrade - Poetsa
Jorge Icaza Coronel - Writer
Jorge Luis Cáceres - Writer, editor
Jorge Núñez Sánchez - Writer
Jorge Pérez Concha - Writer and historian
José de la Cuadra - Novelist and short story writer
José Joaquín de Olmedo - Poet
José Martínez Queirolo - Playwright
Fray José María Vargas O.P. - Writer and historian
José Rumazo González - Poet
Juan Bautista Aguirre y Carbo - Poet and writer from colonial South America
Juan Larrea Holguín - Writer and Lawyer
Juan León Mera - Writer
Juan Manuel Rodríguez - Writer
Juan Montalvo - Writer
Julio Pazos Barrera - Poet and writer
Karina Galvez - Poet
Luis Alberto Costales - Poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician
Luis Enrique Fierro - Poet and medical doctor
Medardo Ángel Silva - Poet
Miguel Donoso Pareja - Poet, novelist, and short story writer
Nela Martínez - Writer
Nelson Estupiñán Bass - Poet
Nicolás Kingman Riofrío - Journalist, writer and politician
Numa Pompilio Llona - Poet
Octavio Cordero Palacios - Ecuadorian writer, playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor
Pedro Jorge Vera - Writer
Rafael Díaz Ycaza - Poet, novelist, and short story writer
Raquel Verdesoto - Poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist
Raúl Andrade Moscoso - Journalist and playwright
Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel - Biographer
Ulises Estrella - Poet, film expert
Víctor Manuel Rendón - Writer

Ecuatorial Guinea

El Salvador

Guatemala

Arturo Arias
Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)
Flavio Herrera (1895–1968)
Mario Monteforte Toledo (1911–2003)
Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003)
Máximo Soto Hall (1871–1944)

Honduras

Mexico

List of Mexican writers

Mariano Azuela (1873–1952)
Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974)
Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853–1928)
Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/1651–1695)
Ricardo Elizondo Elizondo (born 1950)
Laura Esquivel (born 1950)
Carlos Fuentes (born 1928)
Elena Garro (1894–1971)
Eve Gil (born 1968)
Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859–1895)
Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928–1983)
Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986)
Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998)
Ramón López Velarde (1888–1921)
Manuel Maples Arce (1898–1981)
Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949)
Amado Nervo (1870–1919)
Salvador Novo (1904–1974)
Fernando del Paso (born 1935)
Octavio Paz (1914–1998)
Carlos Pellicer (1897–1977)
Sergio Pitol (born 1933)
Elena Poniatowska (born 1932)
Ricardo Raphael (born 1968)
Alfonso Reyes (1889–1959)
Juan Rulfo (1917–1986)
Alberto Ruy-Sánchez (born 1951)
Jaime Sabines (1926–1999)
Carlos Tello Díaz (born 1962)
Arqueles Vela (1899–1977)
Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1950)
Gabriel Zaid (born 1934)

Nicaragua

Gioconda Belli (born 1948)
Omar Cabezas (born 1950)
Ernesto Cardenal (born 1925)
Alfonso Cortés (1893–1969)
Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002)
Rubén Darío (1867–1916)
Salomón de la Selva (1893–1959)
José Coronel Urtecho (1906–1994)
Sergio Ramírez (born 1942)

Panama

Paraguay

Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005)

Peru

Ciro Alegría
José María Arguedas (1911–1969)
César Atahualpa Rodríguez (1889–1972)
Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born 1939)
Fernando Fernán Gómez (born 1921)
Clorinda Matto de Turner (1853–1909)
César Vallejo (1892–1938)
Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936)
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616)
- See the complete list at List of Peruvian writers.

Philippines

Puerto Rico

Julia de Burgos, poet
Giannina Braschi, author of "El imperio de los suenos," and "Yo-Yo Boing!"
Rosario Ferré, author of "Sweet Diamond Dust"
René Marqués, author of "La Carretera"
Luis Rafael Sánchez, author of "Macho Camacho's Beat"

Spain

Rafael Alberti (1902–1999)
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833–1891)
Clarín (1852–1901)
Ignacio Aldecoa (1925–1969)
Josefina Aldecoa (1926–2011)
Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984)
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614)
Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990)
Joaquín Arderíus (1885–1969)
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)
Arturo Barea (1897–1957)
Pío Baroja (1872–1956)
Carlos Be (born 1974)
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870)
Gonzalo de Berceo (c. 1190–c. 1264)
José María Blanco-White (1775–1841)
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928)
Juan Boscán (1490–1542)
José Cadalso (1741–1782)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681)
Gabriela Bustelo (born 1962)
Francisco Fernández Carvajal (born 1938)
Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885)
Camilo José Cela (1916–2002)
Luis Cernuda (1902–1963)
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)
Gutierre de Cetina (1520–1557)
Álvaro Cunqueiro (1911–1981)
San Juan de la Cruz (1542–1591)
Miguel Delibes (born 1920)
Agustín Díaz Pacheco (born 1953)
Gerardo Diego (1896–1987)
Juan del Encina (1469–1533)
Vicente Espinel (1550–1624)
José de Espronceda (1808–1842)
Fray Benito Jerónimo Feijoo (1676–1764)
León Felipe (1884–1968)
Gloria Fuertes (1917–1998)
Espido Freire (born 1974)
Federico García Lorca (1898–1936)
José María Gironella (1917–2003)
Luis de Góngora (1561–1627)
José Goytisolo (1928–1999)
Juan Goytisolo (born 1931)
Luis Goytisolo (born 1935)
Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658)
Fray Antonio de Guevara (1480–1545)
Jorge Guillén (1893–1984)
Miguel Hernández (1910–1942)
José Hierro (1922–2002)
Francisco Javier Illán Vivas (born 1958)
Tomás de Iriarte (1750–1791)
Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958)
Gaspar de Bracamonte (c.1595–1676)
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744–1811)
Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837)
Fray Luis de León (1527–c. 1591)
Fernando S. Llobera (born 1965)
Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana (1398–1458)
Antonio Machado (1875–1936)
Manuel Machado (1874–1947)
Jorge Manrique (1440–1479)
Javier Marías (born 1951)
Julián Marías (1914–2005)
Juan Marsé (born 1933)
Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000)
Luis Martín-Santos (1924–1964)
Azorín (1863–1967)
Ana María Matute (1925–2014)
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (born 1943)
Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912)
Gabriel Miró (1879–1930)
Agustín Moreto y Cavana (1618–1661)
Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956)
Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921)
Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920)
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951)
Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1680)
Vicente Risco (1884–1963)
Fernando de Rojas (1465–1541)
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (1607–1660)
Luis Rosales (1910–1992)
Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (c. 1283–c. 1350)
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581–1639)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón (born 1964)
Pedro Salinas (1892–1951)
José Luis Sampedro (1917–2013)
Tirso de Molina (1571–1648)
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999)
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936)
Juan Valera (1824–1905)
Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936)
Félix Lope de Vega (1562–1635)
Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536)
Esteban Manuel de Villegas (1589–1669)
María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1661)
José Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893)
Alfonso Vallejo (born 1943)
Carlos G. Vallés (born 1925)
Agustín García Calvo (1926–2012)
Lydia Zimmermann

United States of America

Uruguay

Venezuela

Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969)
Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001)

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